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To reach Boulder Mountain Lodge from downtown Bou... text/html 2009-06-03T01:49:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2009_results?rev=1243986586 Results of the 8. Retrospective Facilitator Gathering 2009 in Boulder, CO Photos posted at http://retrofacilitatorsgathering09.shutterfly.com/ Monday Experience Exchange about the influence of team size to the retrospective (Roman) Differences... text/html 2009-05-14T03:18:01+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2009_schedule?rev=1242263881 We’ll start at 09:30 Monday and continue through to Friday at 12:00. Schedule MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFriday 8:00-9:15 Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 8:00-9:00 Breakfast 9:30-10:00 Welcom... text/html 2009-05-07T17:28:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2009_topic_incubator?rev=1241710099 Use this space to let folks know what session topics you’re thinking about and see what they’re considering. What’s on your mind that would benefit from a discussion with your peers? Questions, information to share, inspirations, e... text/html 2010-04-17T21:42:32+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2010_arrival?rev=1271533352 Please add your arrival information and optional contact details. If we add arrival times in chronological order then it will be easier to see who might travel together. 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W... text/html 2010-04-08T18:52:38+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2010_location?rev=1270745558 If you fly you will arrive at Kastrup Airport, Copenhagen. The airport is situated 15 km from downtown Copenhagen - easily reachable by train (metro) more information on http://www.cph.dk/CPH/UK/MAIN/ The gathering is in Tisvildeleje - you can inve... text/html 2010-05-29T23:14:01+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2010_results?rev=1275167641 Please enter a short summary and complementary information for each session. Chris' photos from around the gathering Thomas Schmidts photos from the gathering A few photos by Ilja People and Environment photos from the gathering by Michael Nilss... text/html 2010-04-01T18:30:29+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2010_schedule?rev=1270139429 We’ll start at 09:30 Monday and continue through to Friday at 12:00. 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George's photos from around the gathering Simon's photos Oana's photos Monday 11th of April Session Mo1 Futurespectives Session Mo2 Playing WAYK Session Mo3 Tues... text/html 2011-03-05T19:26:24+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2011_schedule?rev=1299349584 Sunday, April 10 - Early arrivals - Gather for a group dinner in Taos at 6 pm (18:00) in the Main House courtyard Monday, April 11 - Welcome, Getting Acquainted, Announcements - 10:00 Monday, April 11 - Lunch provided ~12:00 Monday, April 11 - Op... text/html 2011-04-15T00:13:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2011_topic_incubator?rev=1302819196 Use this space to let folks know what session topics you’re thinking about and see what they’re considering. What’s on your mind that would benefit from a discussion with your peers? Questions, information to share, inspirations, e... text/html 2012-05-06T13:14:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_arrival?rev=1336302850 I’ll arrive in Frankfurt from Paris on Sunday evening ; if anyone is still there at 8:OO PM I’ll be glad to share a ride . Cab information It’s possible to order a cab to get from Fulda railway station to Hotel Sonnentau for a f... text/html 2012-05-05T10:22:40+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_attendees?rev=1336206160 People Attending the 2012 Gathering Diana Larsen Esther Derby Ervin Horvath George Dinwiddie Josef Scherer Kai Simons Karen Greaves Simon Roberts Oana Juncu Linda Rising Andreas Schliep Martin Heider Charlotte Malther Ilja Preuss Thor... text/html 2012-05-04T16:26:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_departure?rev=1336141606 Please add your departure information and optional contact details. If we add arrival times in chronological order then it will be easier to see who might travel together. Departure date Airport Flight no / departure time your name e-mail cell ph... text/html 2012-02-12T17:36:48+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_faq?rev=1329064608 Please add your questions below - We have started this list with some previous questions: What’s the dress code? Please wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Casual clothes - jeans and sweatshirts should be fine but dressing up is OK too. ... text/html 2012-05-14T17:15:36+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_results?rev=1337008536 Please enter a short summary and complementary information for each session. Monday May 7 Mo1.1 LEGO@Retrospectives Mo1.2 So, what is a Meta for? Mo1.3 Let's design a facilitation dojo Mo2.1 Coaching as means for Retrospectives Mo2.2 Retr... text/html 2012-05-08T00:27:52+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_schedule?rev=1336429672 Sunday, May 6: Early arrivals - time TBD Monday, May 7: Welcome, Getting Acquainted, Announcements - 10:00 Monday, May 7: Lunch provided ~12:00 Monday, May 7: Open the Space, Create the Agenda, Begin Sessions - After lunch Monday, May 7: Dinner ... text/html 2012-05-07T00:15:50+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/2012_topic_incubator?rev=1336342550 Use this space to let folks know what session topics you’re thinking about and see what they’re considering. What’s on your mind that would benefit from a discussion with your peers? Retrospective techniques for distributed teams - Sebastian Lang... text/html 2006-07-05T20:29:14+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/8_barriers_to_effective_listening?rev=1152124154 Richard Watt ran a session based on an article by his colleague Michael Webb http://sklatch.net/thoughtlets/listen.html ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:33:37+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/a_future_reflective_timeline?rev=1110234817 Tim Mackinnon and Debra Schratz Tim and Debra demonstrated a Luke Hohmann technique of placing yourself very much in the future to then build a retrospective timeline back to a nearer future. In their example, they placed themselves in January 2008... text/html 2005-03-07T23:34:17+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/a_project_chartering_futurespective?rev=1110234857 Ellen Gottesdiener, Rachel Davies, Ainsley Nies, III, Gerhardt Akerman, Maury Myllyaho The group defined a Project Chartering exercise that leads a team through creating three different “Futurespectives”: one for self, one for a sub-gro... text/html 2005-03-07T23:35:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/a_set_of_reflective_letters?rev=1110234919 Tim Bacon, Pam Rostal, Wendy Johnson, Jean Tabaka In the group, the team defined three templates of letters that each individual of a team writes as a reflection from the future about their sense of pride around the project. The group created facil... text/html 2012-04-25T22:25:32+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/aino_corry?rev=1335385532 I live in Aarhus, Denmark, and is about to attend my second Facilitators Gathering. I love facilitating, particularly retrospectives. I also love to give talks, so staying invisible in a retrospective is what I am still working on ... text/html 2012-03-01T15:10:05+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/alexander_bartholomaei?rev=1330611005 I’m a Scrum Master from Osnabrück, Germany and this is my first RFG. By beeing a ScrumMaster for not even a year I think I can learn a lot but maybe also give something back to you. What else do you want to know? ... text/html 2012-03-12T23:29:21+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/andreas_schliep?rev=1331591361 Andreas with one of his favorite facilitation toys, rubber chicken Profession Andreas works as Scrum coach and trainer and sometimes executive partner for DasScrumTeam. After a rather boring visit at the technical university of Bremerhaven, he ... text/html 2008-01-28T18:11:28+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/angela_martin?rev=1201540288 Angela provides agile software development consultancy, training and coaching to teams and organisations. She specialises in “building the right thing” and works closely with organisational stakeholders, end-users, business analysts, us... text/html 2009-05-17T18:09:15+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/appreciative_inquiry?rev=1242576555 Books relating to Appreciative Inquiry Thin Book of Appreciative Inquiry Sue Annis Hammond I found this book a simple introduction to a complex process. It provides a basic overview. About 60 pages, it’s a quick read. Don Gray Appreciative... text/html 2008-04-09T07:35:06+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/arrival_time?rev=1207719306 The Local Area is rural the nearest shops are 2 miles away. See Getting There Please add your arrival information and optional contact details. If we add arrival times in chronological order then it will be easier to see who might travel to Ammerdo... text/html 2006-04-14T19:02:18+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/baden-baden_germany?rev=1145034138 ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:37:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/benefitsofholdingretrospectives?rev=1110235051 Participants: Esther Norm Diana Linda Seigi Boris III Tim B. Stephanie Phillip Richard Ainsley Oliver Frowin* —- (Almost) 101 Reasons to Hold Retros Fruits of our labor. . . Literature sea... text/html 2012-05-02T11:43:34+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/bernd_schiffer?rev=1335951814 Agile consultant, coach, trainer. Hooked on Agile since 2000. From 2000 to ~2008 developer (I still know TDD when I see it). From ~2008 until today consultant, coach, trainer on method level (gradually evolved - degenerated? ;) - from dev to coach... text/html 2012-05-05T16:26:55+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/birgit_panzram?rev=1336228015 Why I'm here? The 2012 RFG will be my first one. I am curious to meet other interesting, agile people and want to learn (an urgent need of mine) and share experiences. Who I am? I am an agile and business coach and part of the ScrumCenter Gmb... text/html 2005-03-10T11:56:45+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/booklist?rev=1110452205 The following books were listed as interesting at the gathering: The New Peoplemaking - Virginia Satir c.1988 The Satir Model - Virgina Satir, John Banmen, Jane Gerber, Maria Gomori c.1991 The Skilled Facilitator - R. Schwartz Fearless change -... text/html 2005-03-10T11:58:40+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/borisgloger?rev=1110452320 Boris Gloger | Vienna, Lamberechtgasse 15 / 5 / 7, +43.664.500.34.36 boris@glogerconsulting.de I do not want to write abo... text/html 2009-05-05T22:17:28+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/brad_nelson?rev=1241554648 Bradley R. Nelson, PMP, CSM Agile Mechanics, Inc. 565 King Avenue Marion, OH 43302 740.360.8586 www.agilemechanics.com bnelson@agilemechanics.com Bio of Bradley Nelson, PMP, CSM Brad has 28 years of experience in IT as a Developer, Consultant, ... text/html 2006-04-10T15:44:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/carefree_phoenix_arizona_usa?rev=1144676660 ... text/html 2012-03-11T16:56:44+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/charlotte_malther?rev=1331481404 Charlotte Malther, MaltherConsulting, Copenhagen, Denmark About me Working as a line manager, project manager, quality manager for 25 years my approach has always been to focus on the big picture, and to find ways around the problems. As a cons... text/html 2010-04-02T00:23:06+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/chris_hedgate?rev=1270160586 I am an experienced software developer that work as much with people as technology. With my values and principles grounded in agile software development, I help organizations, teams and individuals create high quality software. I strongly believe th... text/html 2011-05-07T14:11:17+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/coaching_community_2011?rev=1304770277 World Cafe Proposed Actions ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:47:18+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/comparingresults?rev=1110235638 Convenor: TimMackinnon The aim of this workshop was to share pictures of workshops and excercises that we have done. The year we managed to purchase an S-Video cable and project onto a TV in the facility. This worked quite well. We put pictures on ... text/html 2008-04-30T10:38:38+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/contracting_with_the_sponsor?rev=1209544718 Many issues that come up during retrospectives have their roots already in the contracting. So this session was ment to focus on the contracting and to exchange experiences. Participants were: Esther Derby, Jutta Eckstein, Roman Neumayer, Ari Tikka... text/html 2005-03-07T17:23:37+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/coyotekillsthegiant?rev=1110212617 Norm explained on this evening the importance of Storytelling for organizations, teams and individuals. “We are what we think about ourselves, or we are the stories we tell about ourselves.” During the discussion we figured out in whic... text/html 2011-03-22T00:03:15+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/dan_diep?rev=1300748595 I’m certified Scrum Master (CSP candidate) and project manager (PMP) with over a decade of experience in the IT industry having worked on various projects at different capacity. My career in the IT industry started out as an IT Specialist for IBM wh... text/html 2009-10-09T08:16:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/dealing_with_dangerous_animals?rev=1255068979 Retrospective Gathering Boulder,CO 2009 What this session was about Picture a rabbit stunned by the gaze of a snake. Here we go. Dangerous Animals are all around us in our professional life. I will spare the private life issues with them. They h... text/html 2010-04-21T10:31:23+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/death_by_meetings?rev=1271838683 Participants: Erik, Kristina, Cyril, Norm, Andreas, Jutta ... text/html 2010-03-23T19:18:00+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/deborah_hartmann_preuss?rev=1269368280 Deborah Hartmann Preuss: coach with a mission, “bringing joy back to the workplace” www.deborahpreuss.com In 2001 I joined a team that threw out RUP and used Scrum to save a project stuck in analysis paralysis. There I discovered that e... text/html 2011-04-10T01:38:12+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/declan_whelan?rev=1302392292 You can find out more about at my website, http://dpwhelan.com, and at http://ca.linkedin.com/in/declanwhelan. I feel that retrospectives are the key learning opportunity for teams - an opportunity I often see squandered. I want to help the teams I... text/html 2008-04-07T09:28:41+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/departure_time?rev=1207553321 Please add your departure information and optional contact details. If we add departure times in chronological order then it will be easier to see who might travel back together. Departure date Airport Flight no/departure time your name e-mail ce... text/html 2009-04-20T03:32:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/diana_larsen?rev=1240191151 As a principal consultant with FutureWorks Consulting, Diana Larsen sparks the creation of work environments where productive teams focus on frequent delivery of high value software and on thriving in times of change. With more than fifteen years of... text/html 2009-07-06T15:54:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/differences_between_facilitation_and_teaching?rev=1246888471 M1 - Monday 11th How to manage the difference between facilitating and teaching Characteristics of a good facilitator Characteristics of a good teacher Differences Facilitating vs. teaching* Group focus vs. individual focus Process o... text/html 2010-04-25T12:52:05+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/dinner_offside?rev=1272192725 ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:40:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/discoveringappreciativeinquiry?rev=1110235216 This session was about discovering AI from a new comers (non-expert) point of view. The aim was to share knowledge, however the convenor had only begun a discovery of AI and was looking for more information. Convenor: TimMackinnon Books Some usefu... text/html 2009-05-16T17:59:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/don_gray?rev=1242489586 Don Gray coaches people in software development organizations that want to achieve better productivity. With over 25 years experience in software development, Don helps his clients work through organizational change and deliver quality product on ti... text/html 2009-05-12T19:17:14+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/drawing_in_the_difficult_to_reach?rev=1242148634 We find some people challenging to draw into full participation in a retrospective. This is due to characteristics of them and of ourselves, and the context in which we find ourselves. ... text/html 2012-04-22T15:41:25+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/emmanuel_gaillot?rev=1335102085 Emmanuel Gaillot works as a team coach, (extreme) programmer, facilitator, trainer and systems jiggler. For the last 9 years he has been helping software makers to be better at, prouder of, and happier about the work they produce. A regular speaker ... text/html 2006-04-11T14:59:09+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/energizing_a_group?rev=1144760349 ... text/html 2009-05-13T17:59:29+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/entering_a_group?rev=1242230369 This session was a simulation: an “enterer” had to enter a group who was doing some activity, ackowledging the enterer’s presence in three different ways. The group protects itself and keep the enterer out of it The group warmly ... text/html 2012-02-27T21:29:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ervin_horvath?rev=1330374571 I finished my studies at the faculty of telecommunications and informatics of the Technical University of Budapest (Hungary) in 1992. Thanks to a scholarship I could take part in a telecommunication research project at the Technical University of ... text/html 2012-04-18T21:29:32+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/esther_derby?rev=1334777372 I started my career as a programmer. Because I was good at finding and fixing problems in the code, my company promoted me to a management role (I know, the logic is a little whacky). So I learned how to fill the role of manager. After holding vario... text/html 2009-05-13T16:51:59+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/experience_exchange_about_the_influence_of_team_size_to_the_retrospective?rev=1242226319 The session was about experience exchange on the influence of group size to retrospectives. During the discussion several other aspects came in and so we ended up with a collection of various experiences, not only related to team size. ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:42:18+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/experiencereports?rev=1110235338 Convener: John, Mauri Participants: Stephanie Location: Room 26 Session Date: March 3, 2005 Thursday Session Time: 9:15am - 11:45am No photos were taken during this session. These notes were taken from the 3 flip charts recorded at the session.... text/html 2011-07-10T05:55:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/facilitating?rev=1310270153 Resources related to facilitating Consensus-Oriented Decision-Making: The CODM Model for facilitating groups to widespread agreement. Tim Hartnett PhD An Educational Website for people learning to facilitate grops using consensus process The Big ... text/html 2005-03-07T17:25:23+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/facilitatorfirstaid?rev=1110212723 [Linda, please explain what the purpose of this session was at this place] “BOB” THE INQUISITIVE PARTICIPANT Participant we shall call “Bob” does not want to engage in the workshop. He was a key member of the project team. Bob asks conti... text/html 2006-04-07T11:03:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/finding_the_retrospective_shangri_la?rev=1144400599 Norm gave a keynote story describing a place thought to be the real Shangi La where the monks are preserving the scolls of civilization. In the restrospective gatherings we are creating and preserving such scrolls. ... text/html 2012-05-03T16:40:01+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/francois_bachmann?rev=1336056001 Hmmmm.... I just stumbled upon the “Please edit the page only if you can improve it” exhortation above this frame and decided to take it seriously. (I’m not that dead serious most of the time, but bear with me this time, this is an... text/html 2008-04-19T17:35:24+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/frequently_asked_questions?rev=1208619324 Please add questions below - I’ve started this list from some questions I had by email already: What’s the dress code? Please wear whatever you feel comfortable in. Casual clothes - jeans and sweatshirts should be fine but dressing up ... text/html 2005-03-11T01:26:06+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/fromretrospectivestocharters?rev=1110500766 retrostocharters.pdf — Ainsley Nies 2005/03/11 01:24 ... text/html 2008-04-01T15:55:15+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/frowin_fajtak?rev=1207058115 Frowin is working as a quality manager since 2002. In this function he takes care for about 800 employees located in Austria, Czech Republic, Croatia, Romania, Slovakia and China. He is assessor and consultant for the EFQM Excellence Model and CMMI.... text/html 2006-04-14T19:14:36+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2002_newport_oregon_usa?rev=1145034876 For this first gathering of the retrospective facilitators community we gathered at the very special hotel Sylvia Beach in Newport, oregon. ... text/html 2006-04-14T19:13:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2003_newport_oregon_usa?rev=1145034800 As in the year before the community gathered at the very special hotel Sylvia Beach. ... text/html 2006-05-24T15:53:03+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2004?rev=1148478783 We met in Baden near Vienna, Austria at the beautiful Hotel Schloss Weikersdorf. This is the results:20040426-3rd-facilitator-gathering.pdf ... text/html 2007-08-01T22:51:54+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2005?rev=1186001514 For the editors> You upload a picture or pdf by using the button with the picture above. There is NO WAY of uploading a word.doc or powerpoint.ppt directly. If you need to upload a word document please sent it to Boris. He will upload it and prov... text/html 2006-07-05T20:27:49+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2006?rev=1152124069 For the editors> You upload a picture or pdf by using the button with the picture above. There is NO WAY of uploading a word.doc or powerpoint.ppt directly. If you need to upload a word document please sent it to Boris. He will upload it and prov... text/html 2007-08-19T23:18:12+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2007?rev=1187558292 For the 2007 gathering in Phoenix we posted session information on a different wiki http://hillside.net/Wiki/wiki.cgi?GatheringInformation. We also have some information on yet another wiki at: http://bayapln.org/index.php?option=com_mambowiki&amp... text/html 2008-06-26T07:20:52+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2008?rev=1214457652 When: April 13-18, 2008 Where: Ammerdown, United Kingdom (just near Bath) - http://www.ammerdown.org @Google Maps Our goals for the week were to: Grow our retrospective facilitation skills by sharing our experiences, knowledge, puzzles, difficulti... text/html 2009-05-12T18:58:22+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2009?rev=1242147502 When: May 11-15, 2009 Where: Boulder Mountain Lodge, Colorado, USA - http://www.bouldermountainlodge.com/ 91 Four Mile Canyon Dr. Boulder, CO 80302 driving info: 2009_location Our goals for the week are to: Grow our retrospective facilitation ... text/html 2010-02-07T19:02:42+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2010?rev=1265565762 When: April 19-23, 2010 Where: Tisvilde Hoejskole, Denmark - http://www.tisvildehoejskole.dk/ Tisvilde Højskole, Julsgårdsvej 1-5, 3220 Tisvildeleje, Denmark Getting there info: 2010_location Our goals for the week are to: Grow our retrospecti... text/html 2011-04-15T00:30:09+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2011?rev=1302820209 When: April 11-15, 2011 Where: Taos, New Mexico, USA Mabel Dodge Luhan House - http://www.mabeldodgeluhan.com/ Our goals for the week are to: t.b.d. Who: See 2011_attendees and diana_larsen (main organiser for the 2011 gathering) Organiz... text/html 2012-05-07T08:13:48+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gathering_2012?rev=1336371228 When: May 07-11, 2012 Where: Fladungen, Bavaria, Germany Hotel Sonnentau - http://www.sonnentau.com/ Our goals for the week are to: this will be the 11th annual gathering, so a theme that moves us into a new decade would be nice. Just to start ... text/html 2009-05-07T00:54:54+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/george_dinwiddie?rev=1241650494 George Dinwiddie, Software Development Coach and Consultant. See http://idiacomputing.com/ and http://blog.gdinwiddie.com/ ... text/html 2008-04-10T20:14:42+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/getting_there?rev=1207851282 The gathering will be held at Ammerdown Centre in Somerset, UK. Near village of Kilmersdon Near town of Radstock Map Multimap postcode BA3 5SW Useful Links Rail Enquiries Heathrow trains Plan a route by road London underground route p... text/html 2012-02-07T11:28:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/gitte_klitgaard_hansen?rev=1328610526 My name is Gitte Klitgaard Hansen and I have been working as an agile coach since March 2010. I have worked with agile for almost six years, mainly with scrum but not limited to that. I love agile, because it is such a natural way to work and I fee... text/html 2005-03-07T17:28:37+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/giving_an_a?rev=1110212917 Participants: Tim Bacon, Pam Rostal, Wendy Johnson, Ellen Gottesdiener, Rachel Davies, Ainsley Nies, III, Tim Mackinnon, Debra Schratz, Maury Myllyaho, and Jean Tabaka In the book “The Art of Possibility” by Rosamund Stone Zander and Be... text/html 2006-04-19T15:17:08+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/how_to_be_a_good_midwife_without_the_experience_of_pregnancy_martin?rev=1145452628 The idea beyond this session leads to a basic question of facilitating. How to facilitate a group of experts without a deep understanding of their technical backround? What does a facilitator need to know about the specific content of a project to e... text/html 2006-05-04T19:10:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/how_to_effectively_spread_insights_within_a_company?rev=1146762619 First I presented my concrete situation at Siemens Austria. We then did a brain storming session, starting with a random “thing”. In our case: An umbrella. It could as well be just the idea of it or a picture, sound or similar sensory in... text/html 2010-04-22T11:05:57+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/how_to_facilitate_the_second_half_of_a_retrospectives?rev=1271927157 Question by Ilja: What do you do after you gathered data? Here are Deborah’s notes taken with the Dialogue Mapping technique (photos by Chris, originals available in RAW): ... text/html 2010-04-20T18:20:07+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/how_to_improve_retrospectives_for_dispersed_teams?rev=1271780407 ... text/html 2010-04-19T20:26:21+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/how_to_sell_retrospectives?rev=1271701581 Session: “How to sell retrospectives? How to market retrospectives?” Monday 4.35-6.00 PM How do we market retrospectives? As a ritual we use to bring people together to learn from each other. How do we sell retrospectives? The short st... text/html 2010-04-21T17:16:56+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/howdoyoulearntofacilitateretrospectives?rev=1271863016 www.nasaga.org (North American Simulation And Games Association) ICA (Institute for cultural affairs) (training) ... text/html 2010-04-21T22:40:00+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ideas_vs_actions_-_balancing_divergence_with_convergence?rev=1271882400 Convened by: Chris Hedgate Some people want to get to action as soon as the first idea has seen the light of day (or even sooner), while others do not want to move further every possible idea (and maybe another one) has been put on the table. What ... text/html 2012-01-19T17:43:03+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ilja_preuss?rev=1326991383 I am a Scrum Coach for the German consultancy it-agile GmbH. My mission is to facilitate collaborative self-fulfillment, so that the people I work with can experience joy in life and share the success that comes with it. When I don’t work,... text/html 2010-05-18T09:15:58+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/insights?rev=1274166958 Group B Group C Group D ... text/html 2011-05-07T14:04:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/insights_2011?rev=1304769860 Set the Stage What to keep? What to change? ... text/html 2005-03-11T01:28:05+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/insightsfromthegathering?rev=1110500885 group_grope_session.pdf — Ainsley Nies 2005/03/11 01:27 ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:36:47+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/intersections?rev=1110235007 tbc ... text/html 2009-05-29T06:16:18+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/intro_to_appreciative_inquiry_or_retros?rev=1243570578 Theory of organizations that says you can accomplish more by focusing on: Energy, Strength Positive Core Was initially used for Strategic Planning System “shifts” Part of Whole System approaches AI Summit is an event in the pract... text/html 2005-03-10T11:57:58+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/itsyourship?rev=1110452278 The following books were listed as interesting at the gathering: The New Peoplemaking - VirginiaSatir c.1988 The Satir Model - VirginaSatir, John Banmen, Jane Gerber, Maria Gomori c.1991 The Skilled Facilitator - R. Schwartz Fearless change - L... text/html 2008-03-20T12:49:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/johanna_hunt?rev=1206013771 Johanna (Joh) is a researcher from Brighton UK, currently working towards her doctorate in Informatics with a particular interest in programmer communication and collaboration, specifically what the details of social storytelling can tell us about r... text/html 2011-03-15T22:35:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/john_becci_mcfadyen?rev=1300224916 Software consultant and agile coach. See JIME Becci McFadyen Thomas Thomas, not Tom. I’m sure he’ll tell you. Four years old and an incessant chatterbox. Toby Nearly two and places all things into at least 1 of 2 categories: th... text/html 2012-03-13T11:15:58+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/john_mcfadyen?rev=1331633758 Unfortunately it is only me this year, hopefully next year will fall in the school holidays. ... text/html 2012-05-05T10:39:42+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/josef_scherer?rev=1336207182 Why I'm here? I’m an agile coach and a trained solution focused coach. 2010 was my first rfg and I’m looking forward to share my experience in solution focused coaching and retrospectives with others and learn from their experience. I... text/html 2011-09-30T20:47:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/kai_simons?rev=1317408451 Why I'm here? I’m a freelance agile coach and a trained business coach. 2011 will be my first RFG and I’m looking forward to share my experience with you. I love to design retrospectives for small teams and larger groups. Working with... text/html 2012-05-01T13:43:04+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/karen_greaves?rev=1335872584 I am Karen Greaves. I’ve worked in software my whole career, and first got exposed to agile in 2002 when I worked for a company doing XP. A few years later I discovered Scrum and started to understand that agile was about alot more than just e... text/html 2009-05-13T19:26:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/keep_heartbeat_retros_effective?rev=1242235613 Sample Contexts Short sprints 1 or 2 weeks long Technical team concerned by the important technical debt Time driven development - linked to law application constraints - that increases the non quality Retros take place every end of a sprint Re... text/html 2012-05-06T17:40:39+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/kerstin_buecher?rev=1336318839 * This will be my first RFG and I’m so happy and proud that Martin invited me to come * because I’ll listen and learn and share and meet all of you Me My passion is connecting and vitalizing people. I trust in individual skills and t... text/html 2012-03-05T18:05:33+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/klaus_schenck?rev=1330967133 Why I'm here: While working as a “systemic” and “solution-focused” management coach & consultant (and exploring better ways to handle projects, like “critical chain p.m.), I was persuaded to the gravitational pull... text/html 2012-03-05T17:26:25+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/klaus_schenk?rev=1330964785 Why I'm here: While working as a “systemic” and “solution-focused” management coach & consultant (and exploring better ways to handle projects, like “critical chain p.m.), I was persuaded to the gravitational pul... text/html 2012-03-19T14:10:33+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/kristina_malther?rev=1332162633 I have been working as a consultant and project manager for ten years, starting out in the world of webdesign and communications, passing through strategic communications and finally finding myself most at home in the area of process consulting and ... text/html 2009-06-08T18:01:17+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/launching_the_newbie?rev=1244476877 In martial arts, student learn practices sometimes before or in parallel with values and principles. For those just seeking a simple introduction (like simple self defense techniques), the learn only practices for common scenarios. The question for... text/html 2008-02-27T15:12:22+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/laurent_bossavit?rev=1204121542 I live in Paris, France with my family: Sophie and our three boys, Axel, Erwan, Mika. I’m self-employed, consulting with various businesses interested in process improvement with an XP, agile, or self-organized teams slant. I’m involved ... text/html 2010-04-22T11:11:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/learning_from_games?rev=1271927513 Convened by Chris Hedgate Question: What games, simulations and other activities have people used to let participants experience something which can then be debriefed for insights to bring back to work? ... text/html 2009-08-11T08:01:18+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/learning_modes_in_distributed_teams?rev=1249970478 While traveling from Mount Pilot to Charlotte, NC Esther and I discussed some of the difficulties with distributed retrospectives. We discussed how different intake modes and learning styles get lost when one or more team members aren’t co-loc... text/html 2005-03-07T23:43:13+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/lightweightpma?rev=1110235393 Joseph A. Raelin. Public Reflection as the Basis of Learning. Management Learning, Vol 32(1): 11-30, 2001. j.raelin_public-reflections-2001.pdf.pdf Session 'handouts' Short example: what to improve It is obvious that people learn efficiently f... text/html 2012-03-29T23:18:52+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/linda_rising?rev=1333055932 Linda now lives in Nashville, Tennessee and has attended almost every gathering since 2002. Her husband designed new web pages @ www.lindarising.org Linda is trying to recover from her 70th birthday on March 17, a birthdate she shares with Diana La... text/html 2012-04-16T09:32:04+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/lisbeth_kjellberg?rev=1334561524 About Lisbeth I have more than 25 years of experience within the financial industry as project manager and management advisory. I have worked with clients around Europe (Luxembourg, Switzerland, UK, Germany and Denmark). About LK Consulting My co... text/html 2008-04-12T21:17:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/local_area?rev=1208027873 The gathering will be held at Ammerdown Centre in Somerset, UK. Near village of Kilmersdon “home” of the Jack and Jill nursery rhyme! Near town of Radstock Map BA35SW Local taxis from First Avenue 01761 417700 There is another ... text/html 2012-02-09T01:04:50+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/marc_bless?rev=1328745890 The internet will help to introduce me. Some impressions: Powerful statement Whatever methods you pick, whatever practices you choose, whatever rules you follow, always retrospect frequently! Interests and Expectations Learning lots of new... text/html 2009-04-26T13:18:26+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/mark_kilby?rev=1240744706 Mark Kilby is an Agile Coach with Rally Software in Orlando, Florida. Since 1990, Mark has helped teams develop unique software and system solutions for government, industry, and academia as a developer, architect, project manager, instructor, metho... text/html 2012-01-09T18:23:26+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/martin_heider?rev=1326129806 With 19 years of professional IT background I’m coaching projects, teams and companies to improve their way of working since 7 years. I create waves to push my clients out of their box in order to help them to get better. Doing this I try to keep ... text/html 2008-04-08T17:48:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/materials_list?rev=1207669726 Retrospective Workshop Room, Materials and Equipment Checklist Consumable Supplies and who's bringing them [Rachel/Diana] 40 Water-based Flip Chart Markers – mixed colors of black, blue, purple, brown, dark green, red (note: NO yellow, pink, oran... text/html 2007-11-10T18:43:13+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/meeting_rooms?rev=1194716593 This is a list of meeting spaces available at Ammerdown. We have booked the centre for sole-use of our group so we have the run of the building. Conference Rooms Todd room This is the largest room and is probably where we will have the open spa... text/html 2012-05-14T20:32:03+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/mo1.1?rev=1337020323 Sebastian Lang Participants Ralph Miarka, Josef Scherer, Sebastian Sanitz, Sebastian Lang Purpose Discuss the usefullness of tools like Lego in retrospectives. Share experiences with Lego in retrospectives (& in general) Results Bac... text/html 2012-05-10T14:03:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/mo1.2?rev=1336651390 “So what is a Meta for?” (the title line was borrowed from a book chapter title by Mary Catherine Bateson ...) host = Klaus; participating co-creators = Kai, Sandra, Francois, Esther, Marc, Alex, Birgit, ..., ... With language and im... text/html 2012-05-09T15:09:23+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/mo2.1?rev=1336568963 Proposer: Ralph Participants: Jutta, Aino, Sandra, Ilja, Sebastian S. This session turned more into a discussion on coaching and facilitation... Similarities use coaching skills in facilitation use facilitation skills in coaching coaching an... text/html 2012-05-13T22:16:34+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/mo2.2?rev=1336940194 Karen & Simon Participants Please add your name if you were there. Goal To create a 4C plan (Training from the Back of the Room) for a training session on retrospectives, either as part of a Scrum Master course, or for a dedicated retros... text/html 2012-05-10T10:26:54+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/mo2.3?rev=1336638414 Retrospectives in the family Proposer: François Participants: Sebastian, Gitte, Alex, Charlotte, Christina, Klaus, Kerstin, Felix, Martin Observations about family retrospectives: they feel natural (”So honey, how was your day?”) t... text/html 2010-04-22T11:32:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/myers-briggs_type_indicator_mbti?rev=1271928736 Convened by Esther Derby and Charlotte Malther. First Esther and Charlotte gave a quick introduction to MBTI. The following image shows the four dimensions where people’s preferences differ: Next, everyone took a very simple quick test to ... text/html 2005-03-10T11:53:36+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/neednewideas?rev=1110452016 Session Lead by DebraSchratz Attendees: …..Chrystina, Tim, Seigi, Gerhard, Boris, Laurent, Stephanie Problem: Need New Ideas What does wisdom….? Artifact contest Timeline Prime Directive Emotional Seismograph Create Safety Define Succes... text/html 2008-04-13T17:04:23+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/networking_afternoon?rev=1208099063 We organize a networking afternoon around the local_area, so participants at the gathering have a chance to get out into the fresh air and have informal conversations in “wide open space”. We’ll need volunteers with cars to drive p... text/html 2008-04-05T23:19:30+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/newcomersandbuddies?rev=1207430370 I’ve listed below names of people who are attending the gathering for the first time and paired them up with a “buddy” who has been to past gatherings and can offer support and answer questions. Angela Martin, UK is teamed up wit... text/html 2009-05-18T15:35:27+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/not_yet_categorized?rev=1242653727 Feel free to move these books to a page. The Back of the Napkin: Solving Problems and Selling Ideas with Pictures Dan Roam Teach What You Know: A Practical Leader's Guide to Knowledge Transfer Using Peer Mentoring Steve Trautman Women Fire and Da... text/html 2010-04-09T18:47:57+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/oana_juncu?rev=1270831677 In the different roles I experienced as Information Systems Architect, Manager, CIO..., I like to manage IT as a business enabler. My favorite professional questions are:“let’s get base to basics”, “why we do this”, “keep it simple”. My experience e... text/html 2008-03-31T22:49:55+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/open_space_laws_and_principles?rev=1206996595 The gathering is organized using Open Space Technology a meeting format originally created by Harrison Owen. The meeting agenda is created at the gathering by the participants. Any attendee can convene a session. Open Space is guided by one law a... text/html 2005-03-07T17:22:58+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/opening?rev=1110212578 Opening this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind textthis is a blind text this is a blind text this is a blind text this is a... text/html 2008-04-06T18:10:54+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/patrick_kua?rev=1207498254 Patrick Kua is a lead developer and agile coach currently working for Thoughtworks. ... text/html 2008-04-08T12:26:01+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/people_attending?rev=1207650361 Read the full set of bios here, http://www.iljapreuss.de/gathering2008/bios.pdf (warning 9MB download!) Andreas Schliep, Germany - arrives Sunday Angela Martin, United Kingdom - arrives Sunday (newcomer) Ari Tikka, Finland - arrives Sunday Bori... text/html 2009-05-06T18:20:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/people_attending_in_2009?rev=1241626820 People attending gathering III Ainsley Nies Andreas Schliep Brad Nelson Charlotte Malther Diana Larsen Don Gray Emmanuel Gaillot Ervin Horvath Esther Derby George Dinwiddie Hubert Smits Ken Pugh Mark Kilby Oana Juncu Rachel Weston R... text/html 2009-05-14T15:15:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/personal_retrospectives?rev=1242306910 Personal Retrospectives Session (a.k.a., Facilitator, facilitate thyself) Actions: get list of questions from Ainsley Format: discussion Agenda: WHY do personal retrospectives? (i.e., purpose of this discussion) WHEN should you do personal ret... text/html 2010-04-21T16:47:12+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/peter_beck?rev=1271861232 Short Bio I’m a passionate Scrum coach, trainer (Certified Scrum Trainer, CST) and facilitator with a sound background in software engineering, working independently and within a network of partners. Over the years I have trained and coached a wi... text/html 2010-03-27T17:20:47+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/peter_hundermark?rev=1269706847 I’m a recovering project manager helping organisations to transition to Agile ways of creating products. I introduced Scrum into a 300-person enterprise in 2006. I became a Certified Scrum Coach in 2007 and a Certified Scrum Trainer in 2008. ... text/html 2011-06-12T18:46:38+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/podcast?rev=1307897198 After the final main session on Thursday 14th April, many of the participants recorded a podcast. Topics include looking back on the gathering, externalizing thinking and group/collective learning. Participants, in order of speaking: John Martin, ... text/html 2010-05-05T20:28:45+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/powerful_questions_what_are_they?rev=1273084125 ... text/html 2008-04-16T11:56:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/prenticeable?rev=1208339780 Prenticeable - some skills you can teach with a book, some by teaching, and some only by experience. From Willem at the 2008 Retro Gathering (q.v. 2008_TrustTimeTempo). ... text/html 2009-05-14T15:10:13+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/process_implementation_retrospective?rev=1242306613 Notes provided by Mark Kilby; please refactor AGENDA: INTRODUCTION EXPERIENCES - Charlotte - Hubert - others AGENDAS FOR THIS TYPE OF RETROSPECTIVE Seems to vary in... Gathering Data - Nokia Test - Agile Test (Rally) - ... what else? - Lean techn... text/html 2010-04-14T22:49:29+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/rachel_davies?rev=1271278169 I am an agile coach based in UK. I have been facilitating agile retrospectives since 2001. I’ve participated in five of the past retro gatherings but missed last year in Boulder. I am also an author of a book on “Agile Coaching”. ... text/html 2009-04-28T15:02:26+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/rachel_weston?rev=1240923746 Rachel Weston is an Agile Coach with Rally Software in Boulder, Colorado. She has over nine years of experience in the software development industry working with both in-house IT and product development teams and as a consultant working on software ... text/html 2012-01-22T13:27:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ralph_miarka?rev=1327235273 For a quick overview, please read about me on my website. Interests To facilitate or to coach in Retrospectives? How could a coaching approach look like? What could be the advantages and disadvantages? Retrospectives for distributed teams - ch... text/html 2006-04-20T16:25:47+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retros_on_large_distributed_settings?rev=1145543147 ... text/html 2010-04-22T14:24:36+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospaces_and_openspectives?rev=1271939076 ... text/html 2009-08-20T22:54:41+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospective_fluency?rev=1250801681 (initial notes provided by Mark Kilby, transcriptions and further notes below by Diana Larsen) Fluency != Maturity Fluency != Developmental Model Fluency = Learning for Use WAYK - Where Are Your Keys Developed by Evan Gardner (More on Willem... text/html 2011-04-15T00:28:00+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospective_maps?rev=1302820080 The intent of this session was to explore building retrospective maps: maps that would take as a starting point a theme and identify potential activities that would be useful. The motivation was two-fold: help facilitators structure more effective ... text/html 2009-05-16T19:13:27+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospective_principles?rev=1242494007 I created the following 5 Retrospective Principles to use as a framework for explaining/presenting on retrospectives and training retrospective facilitators. I’ve found this approach useful as it adresses the “why” before getting i... text/html 2005-03-10T12:10:13+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospectivegatheringmap?rev=1110453013 As every year we created as a Retrospective of the Retrospective a Map of this years Retrospective Gathering. AinsleyNies did a great job in facilitation of this session, DebraSchratz was the Scripe and our great Sketcher was Siegi. ... text/html 2006-04-16T21:00:35+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospectivegatheringmap2006?rev=1145214035 AinsleyNies did a great job in facilitation of this session, III was the Scribe and our great Sketcher was Siegi (assisted by Frowin) ... text/html 2005-03-10T11:55:27+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospectiveoftheplanning?rev=1110452127 Here are the notes from our March 4th Retro of the Planning-of-the-Retro. Thanks to all who were able to attend. If you have changes, fixes or additions, please add them! ~~ ellen Retrospective of the Planning of the 2005 Retrospective Friday, Ma... text/html 2005-03-10T12:09:04+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospectivepuzzles?rev=1110452944 Puzzles Session: How to handle Puzzles? Session Lead by Linda Rising Situation: retrospective without ANY Do Differentlys …. Lots of puzzles…they did not need to make any changes – not empowered to make any changes. Stephen Covey ... text/html 2010-04-22T12:02:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/retrospectives_vs_scrum_shootout?rev=1271930536 One of the principles of retrospectives in particular and agile coaching in general is to help your clients discover their own goals and ways to achieve them. Scrum, on the opposite, appears to provide predefined templates for product and organizati... text/html 2008-04-12T18:48:04+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ride_in_the_minibus?rev=1208018884 Rachel will have a 17 seater minibus to collect people from outside Bath Spa railway station on Saturday. I’ve added your names based on travel arrangements on the arrival_time page. Please add or move your name to match with your train times... text/html 2010-04-22T11:58:21+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/riffs_for_improvisation?rev=1271930301 Participants: Erik (host), Andreas, Charlotte, Martin, Kristina, Jutta ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:38:29+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/rightwiththeworld?rev=1110235109 The film we saw: Celebrate What’s Right with the World (with Dewitt Jones) Link to where I got it: Starthrower Key Messages We Really Liked: Be your best for the world Recognize abundance Look for the possibilities —- Thank you f... text/html 2009-04-06T10:55:37+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/roman_neumayer?rev=1239008137 Roman Neumayer has been working in the telecommunication branch of Siemens for nearly two decades where he was involved in various areas from hardware engineer in a testlab to software system testing and quality assurance. The increasing amount of d... text/html 2009-04-27T20:49:26+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ronica_roth?rev=1240858166 I am an Agile Coach with Rally Software, and I have worked with dozens of organizations and teams to help them adopt and adapt Agile practices to improve the way they develop software. I have been particularly passionate about the Product Owner role... text/html 2007-12-11T14:19:56+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/sallyann_freudenberg?rev=1197379196 Sallyann Freudenberg is a full-time agile coach at Screwfix Ltd. Along with coaching and mentoring Sallyann does a substantial amount of facilitating, and is known for bringing ‘tricky’ sessions to successful outcomes. These sessions tend to be tric... text/html 2012-02-22T17:36:05+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/sandra_reupke-sieroux?rev=1329928565 I am a Scrum Coach for the German consultancy it-agile GmbH. I have a passion for creating workplaces that melt self-fullfillment and collaboration, so that people do not need to leave there soul behind at the threshold of the office. In my spareti... text/html 2008-07-16T15:23:00+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/schedule?rev=1216214580 Here’s what the sessions looked like at the start Tuesday 08:00-08:45 Breakfast 09:00-10:00 Invited talk: Norm Kerth 10:15-10:45 Report back / Morning News 10:45-12:30 Session 1 (105m) 12:30-14:00 Lunch 13:30-15:00 Session 2 (90m) 15:... text/html 2012-01-24T14:48:44+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/sebastian_lang?rev=1327412924 What I could share? How I will prepare? What do I expect? -> Innovation - Fun - Learning ... text/html 2012-05-02T10:07:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/sebastian_sanitz?rev=1335946040 As a developer, I have had my first experience with Perl, Java, Python and JavaScript in various domains: from utilities, insurance, logistics over to advertising. More than ten years ago, I was hooked on agile software development. The virus was... text/html 2008-04-30T10:20:29+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_1?rev=1209543629 The following sessions took place in Open Space session 1 on Wednesday: Writers Workshop (Linda) 6 steps heartbeat for sprint retros (Boris) Contracting with the Sponsor (Roman) ... text/html 2011-05-07T13:54:30+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_mo1?rev=1304769270 Scales Comic Story Board Heaven & Hell ... text/html 2011-04-12T05:04:28+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_mo2?rev=1302577468 Where Are Your Keys? (wayk) We played the WAYK game through “same conversations”: what is that? make me say yes. make me say no. whose is that? and want/have/give/take in Chinuk WaWa. More techniques available on the website & blo... text/html 2011-05-04T19:17:59+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_new_creative_meetings?rev=1304529479 We spend at least 20% of our time at meetings - most of them boring and ineffective. A joint venture study with Copenhagen Business School show the results of considering meeting from a new angle. The session introduced the keywords the focus areas... text/html 2011-04-16T19:21:34+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_outward_ripples?rev=1302974494 The idea for this session was born in a conversation preceding the opening of the gathering. We were discussing the concept of the Last Responsible Moment. The easiest definition of the LRM is the point at which you need to make a decision. Someone ... text/html 2011-04-17T04:54:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_retro_proficiency_scales?rev=1303008886 ... text/html 2011-04-26T21:42:24+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/session_we1?rev=1303846944 This question popped into my mind during Josef’s Futurespectives session [link needed] on the Monday. Some of the outcomes of retrospectives are easily quantifiable - you can track defect rates or the change in code coverage. However, the mos... text/html 2005-03-10T12:01:52+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/sieglindehinger?rev=1110452512 Siemens AG Österreich PSE CSS MPS QM Tel.:05 1707 47256 Fax.: 05 1707 56535 sieglinde.hinger@siemens.com When I was young I had two big domains, in which I worked with all my strength. On one side I studied computer science during a time, w... text/html 2012-05-05T10:50:17+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/simon_roberts?rev=1336207817 Who I am? Why I'm here? ... text/html 2008-03-15T20:14:09+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/south_west_agile_group?rev=1205608449 There’s a South West Agile Group meeting on Monday 14th April in Bristol. Linda Rising will be giving her presentation Fearless Change there from 18:30-20:30 at the Oracle offices in central Bristol near Castle Park Here is the information p... text/html 2011-07-03T18:34:17+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/start?rev=1309710857 This is the home of the Retrospective Facilitator Gatherings. Gatherings The Library Gathering 2012 (Fladungen, Bavaria, Germany) Gathering 2011 (Taos, New Mexico, USA) Gathering 2010 (Tisvilde, Denmark) Gathering 2009 (Boulder, Colorado, USA... text/html 2012-03-15T15:49:21+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/stefan_huber?rev=1331822961 As an agile coach I consider retrospectives as my daily meal and teaching how to prepare this dish is utterly rewarding for me. Talking to and working with other cooks will enhance my receipts as well as yours. ... text/html 2008-02-19T00:55:24+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/survival_guide?rev=1203378924 By Emmanuel Gaillot Hi there! On the behalf of our Retrospective Facilitators community, I’m glad to welcome you on board. We’re all thrilled to have you with us at this coming gathering. My name’s Emmanuel Gaillot. This is goin... text/html 2005-03-03T12:23:38+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/teachingfacilitationskillstoothers?rev=1109849018 TERMINOLOGY (because words matter): not “hard” vs. “soft” skills. Say “technical” vs. “collaborative” / “communication” / “social” / “interpersonal” instead... [communication and collaboration have already been highlighte... text/html 2012-05-10T21:12:54+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th?rev=1336677174 ... text/html 2012-05-13T22:09:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th1.1?rev=1336939750 Diana Participants Esther, John, Simon, Birgit, Klaus, Lisbeth, Kai, Oana, Cyril, Aino, George Results ... text/html 2012-05-12T08:46:21+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th3.1?rev=1336805181 Proposer: Ralph Participants: Aino, Linda, Klaus, Oana, Lisbeth, Christiane, Cyril Set the Stage Circle Opening Appreciative Questions, from one person to the other What have you done you are most proud of? What else? What was most excit... text/html 2012-05-11T19:28:45+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th3.2?rev=1336757325 c-GCQ - Collected Good Coaching Questions initiated by: Klaus // co-created by: Birgit, Ilja, Ralph, Marc, Oana Just as good icecream, Good Coaching Questions (”GCQ”) come in a wide range of flavors, and from various sources. Apart fr... text/html 2012-05-12T14:56:58+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th3.3?rev=1336827418 Initiated by: Sebastian Sanitz Participants: Gitte, Diana, Birgit, Sebastian Lang, Kai, Simon First mentioned by Bill Wake: http://xp123.com/articles/movie-retrospective/ Results Timeline (Brave Heart) ... text/html 2012-05-14T09:35:04+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th3.4?rev=1336980904 Storylines Using Positioning Theory (Rom Harré) as a framework we discussed and experimented with: how storylines play a big part in the facilitator’s setting the stage - are we looking for problems, solutions, guilt etc. how storylines mak... text/html 2012-05-14T21:30:31+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/th4.4?rev=1337023831 Sebastian Lang Participants Josef Scherer, Gitte Klitgaard Hansen, Kai Simons, Simon Roberts, Sebastian Lang, Aino Corry, Purpose As the purpose of this session changed from the time when I proposed it (on Monday) til I finally did it (Thurs... text/html 2012-02-28T23:17:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/the_ballpoint_game_as_a_simulation_to_teach_the_value_of_frequent_retrospectives?rev=1330467430 Peter Beck and Andreas Schliep demonstrated how they are using and debriefing the Ballpoint Game, a simulation exercise which has been created in the current version by Boris Gloger. The Ballpoint Game Purpose: Establish a feeling of teamwork, e... text/html 2009-05-17T17:32:57+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/the_library?rev=1242574377 This page links to topic pages that contain books referenced at the Retrospective Facilitator’s Gathering Appreciative Inquiry Facilitating Uncategorized ... text/html 2012-05-14T08:50:45+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/the_one_book_survey_at_rfg12?rev=1336978245 Attendee - Author - Title Aino Corry - Norm Kerth - Project Retrospectives Alexander Bartholomäi - Douglas Adams - The Hitch-Hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy Andreas Schliep - Nassim Nicholas Taleb - The Black Swan Birgit Panzram - Cornelia Fun... text/html 2010-04-20T13:57:02+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/the_responsibility_vacuum?rev=1271764622 Exercise is comming out of a problem in practice. - We found areas with shared responsibility nobody said she / he is responible for. Main Question of the Session was: “To find a sequence of steps that work in practice” Main Problem is... text/html 2009-05-18T20:47:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/the_semantics_of_retrospectives?rev=1242672473 In this session we explored how the meaning that people have for words and phrases impacts our ability to facilitate and guide them. Our area of work creates an “expert community” of language - a subpopulation of the general meaning set... text/html 2006-04-10T15:28:41+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/the_u-procedure_sieglinde?rev=1144675721 ... text/html 2010-02-21T10:51:40+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/thomas_schmidt?rev=1266745900 Thomas Schmidt works as fulltime in Betware/Certus as a programmer,online community organizer, product owner and retrospective facilitator (phew). Thomas holds a MSc in Computer Systems Engineering, but likes to complement this field of work with h... text/html 2008-01-02T15:16:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/thomas_walker?rev=1199283370 Thomas Walker is from Austria. Cell number is: +43/664/21 40 704 ... text/html 2012-01-09T15:45:59+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/thorsten_oliver_kalnin?rev=1326120359 I started programming at the age of 11 in the early 80’s and became a professional software developer for the german military at the age of 22. Some years later I became a consultant and project manager for an international healthcare it compa... text/html 2005-03-10T12:00:40+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/timbacon?rev=1110452440 I really appreciated meeting everyone in Phoenix in 2005. Thanks for sharing so much! Hope to see you again in 2006, 2007, ... These are some of the photos I took: ... text/html 2009-05-15T08:50:45+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/timeboxing_vs._creating_valuable_conclusions?rev=1242370245 How Do Timebox Retros Work for You? Always on time at the start & at the end, respect timeboxing is critical for trust (Diana) Always on time at the beginning, but not that much at the end Planning before Managing the dynamics of the group ... text/html 2010-05-18T09:12:10+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/timeline?rev=1274166730 Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday ... text/html 2005-03-07T23:40:55+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/timmackinnon?rev=1110235255 A great guy to HaveABeer with. ... text/html 2008-04-13T08:27:11+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/topic_incubator?rev=1208068031 Use this space to let folks know what session topics you’re thinking about and see what they’re considering. What’s on your mind that would benefit from a discussion with your peers? Questions, information to share, inspirations, e... text/html 2010-04-25T12:54:20+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/trip_to_the_castle_kronborg?rev=1272192860 ... text/html 2012-05-11T09:59:47+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu1.1?rev=1336723187 Start questions What continuous really means ? Is a “continuous retrospective” a support for continuois improvement ? Ideas Individual retrospective each day Having a permanent timeline where team members can put items and improvemen... text/html 2012-05-14T11:21:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu1.2?rev=1336987279 Proposer: George Dinwiddie Participants: Alex,... (I didn’t record this. Please add your name.) Notes Outcome: (indication of effectiveness) Learning (joint) Decision / Action (joint) Common bond / Togetherness A [new / joint] Perspe... text/html 2012-05-08T17:28:35+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu1.3?rev=1336490915 GOAL: To share different root cause analysis techniques that we use in retrospectives, especially Cause and Effect Diagrams, and fishbone diagrams. Some references: Henrik Kniberg - A3 Thinking Jerry Weinberg - Systems Thinking Eli Goldratt - T... text/html 2012-05-10T12:49:56+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu2.1?rev=1336646996 GOAL: How can retrospective be used as tools in initiating and supporting a change management process Host: Jutta We agreed that generally retrospectives are good tools for CM. References: Adaptive Actions from www.HSDinstitute.org ... text/html 2012-05-10T10:56:53+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu2.2?rev=1336640213 Suits in the retrospective Convener: François Participants: Kai, Aino, Oana, Ilja Starting rule for suits (somewhat unsatisfactory): DON’T invite them. Covers the concern of team safety, but inhibits conversations that might be fruitful. ... text/html 2012-05-09T17:35:32+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu3.1?rev=1336577732 2012_results Pros and cons of focus vs. breadth in independent consulting Attendees: Aino Corry, Charlotte Malther, Linda Rising, Lisbeth Kjellberg, Marc Bless... Our goal with this session was to share experiences as independent consultants wit... text/html 2012-05-10T16:17:04+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu4.1?rev=1336659424 re·con·nais·sance   [ri-kon-uh-suhns, -zuhns] noun the act of reconnoitering. Military . a search made for useful military information in the field, especially by examining the ground. Surveying, Civil Engineering . a general examination or surve... text/html 2012-05-14T16:58:18+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/tu4.2?rev=1337007498 Structure: Challenges & Obstacles Warning Signs What Really Works Questions & Puzzles More Reading Convener: François (remember the “phone s*x” metaphor?) Attendees: Ralf, Ervin, Kerstin, Klaus, Sebastian L., ... (please... text/html 2010-04-09T12:14:40+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/ulrich_bartholmoes?rev=1270808080 Ulrich Bartholmös from Munich, Germany. Mobile: +49 176 15891510 Mail: mail at ubartholmoes dot de ... text/html 2005-03-11T01:29:27+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/virtualretrospectives?rev=1110500967 virtual_retrospectives.pdf — Ainsley Nies 2005/03/11 01:28 ... text/html 2010-04-21T10:39:19+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/walk_on_the_beach?rev=1271839159 Take a walk on the beach (picture gallery by Thomas Walker) Below are the pictures taken by Jutta: ... text/html 2012-05-10T07:43:40+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we1.1?rev=1336628620 Proposer: gitte Purpose: Try the game Participants: Alex, Ilja, Linda, Simon, Klaus, Kai, Josef, Andreas, Charlotte, Birgit, Martin Webpage: fearlessjourney.info There is free download of the game, a more professional version to buy and a set of ... text/html 2012-05-17T15:56:57+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we1.2?rev=1337263017 Develop a training from the back of the room style 4Cs map for learning about retrospective techniques Proposers Simon, Karen Participants Please enter your names here. Results ... text/html 2012-05-11T19:40:09+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we2.1?rev=1336758009 Here’s my (Klaus) fotocol of the flipcharts produced. More about “solutions focus in organizations” can be found out via http://www.solworld.org. ... text/html 2012-05-10T12:50:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we2.2?rev=1336647016 GOAL: Find out if retrospectives could help to initiate an (organizational) change Host: Birgit, Jutta ... text/html 2012-05-11T16:33:46+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we4.1?rev=1336746826 Proposer: Ralph Participants: Kerstin, Cyril, Ervin, Sebastian L. Issues Questionnaire for teams and managers to evaluate usefulness ⇒ “benefit” audit selling retrospectives, need Data external define goals for retrospectives ... text/html 2012-05-11T20:52:52+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we4.2?rev=1336762372 RFG 2012 Retros and Neuroscience Convenor: Linda Rising Participants: Research shows that we are sensitive to temperature in making judgements about people and events. Set up a warm meeting room to encourage positive feelings. Move • Toys to keep... text/html 2012-05-10T12:46:01+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/we5.1?rev=1336646761 Host: Diana ... text/html 2009-06-01T17:07:12+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/what_needs_to_be_in_chartering_training_including_values_principles?rev=1243868832 (the missing pieces are indicated by ??? ; please refactor) III’s article on "Immunizing Your Project Against Failure" Chartering Training Charter a contract between those who have money to spend (Gold Owners) those who have th... text/html 2010-04-21T17:03:17+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/whatmakespeoplewanttobecomebetter?rev=1271862197 What helps... somebody who holds you accountable (follow-up) vision provided by either the team or management the right amount of tension (challenge, pressure,...) a goal passionate PO We also talked about quite a few other things on very spe... text/html 2012-05-13T16:57:16+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/wild_thoughts_triggered_by_rfg12?rev=1336921036 Just a collection of more-or-less-on-topic thoughts... in no particular order. Feel free to add! What if we went further down the brain metaphor line and structured retrospectives like sleep phases? (What would REM look like?) Stories and Twitter... text/html 2008-03-25T11:05:23+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/willem_van_den_ende?rev=1206439523 http://www.willemvandenende.com mobile: +31 6 413 06 965 I’m also local in Bath, so ask me for venues etc... ... text/html 2008-05-02T02:45:27+01:00 http://www.retrospectivefacilitatorgathering.org/doku.php/writers_workshop?rev=1209689127 This sesson on writers’ workshops had two goals: (1) to give feedback to three brave authors who submitted their work: Norm Kerth (article on the history of the retrospectives community), Debra Lavell (article in a series on retrospectives to ...