February, 2005
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Hello,
2005 is an exciting year at Neuland as increasing numbers of people in North America are talking about our products to friends and colleagues. I hope you enjoy our sale specials for February, as we have a great deal on the EuroPin MC bundle. Take a moment to read the article by Ellen Gottesdiener entitled; Retrospectives: Harvesting the Wisdom of Teams. Until next month! Nick Chan VP Sales & Marketing www.neuland.biz |
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Retrospectives: Harvesting the Wisdom of Teams written by, Ellen Gottesdiener Sometimes, we have to slow down in order to speed up. Retrospectives allow for early learning and correction and may be your team's most powerful tool for process improvement. Perhaps the single best way to improve your project results is not with new technology, the latest management craze, fancy Gantt charts or elaborate team-building sessions. Instead, just stop. Yes, your project community's best hope for success is to stop periodically and reflect on their work and interactions-to hold retrospectives. You may be familiar with post-project retrospectives, sometimes called "post-mortems" (why not post-partum!?). Other names include lessons learned, debriefs, audits, after action reviews, and more. Unlike a classic meeting, which typically involves sharing information or status, a retrospective is a tool for learning that also generates new information and action plans. They should be conducted periodically, throughout the project. In a retrospective, the team -- led by a skilled neutral facilitator -- explores not only the condition of the project's deliverables, but also the team's performance and the quality of their teamwork. The participants include everyone who was involved in creating the deliverables or was otherwise involved in the project during the timeframe being "retrospected". Well-run retrospectives follow this overall structure:
Adult learning theory tells us that people need immediacy, relevance and self-direction for learning to stick. Retrospectives exploit these three needs. The content relates to everyday work. The team explores what works, what does not work, what puzzles them, what to learn from the just completed set of work, and how to adapt processes and techniques before starting anew. Successful retrospectives share these characteristics:
Ellen Gottesdiener, Principal Consultant at EBG Consultant has extensive experience as a professional workshop facilitator with particular focus on positively and productively engaging software development and business experts in defining and achieving shared goals. Visit her website to find out more www.ebgconsulting.com. |
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