See how to mine the experience of your software development team continually throughout the
life of the project. The tools and recipes in this book will help you uncover and solve hidden
(and not-so-hidden) problems with your technology your methodology and those difficult people
issues on your team. Project retrospectives help teams examine what went right and what went
wrong on a project. But traditionally retrospectives (also known as post-mortems) are only
helpful at the end of the project--too late to help. You need agile retrospectives that are
iterative and incremental. You need to accurately find and fix problems to help the team today.
Now Derby and Larsen show you the tools tricks and tips you need to fix the problems you
face on a software development project on an on-going basis. You'll see how to architect
retrospectives in general how to design them specifically for your team and organization how
to run them effectively how to make the needed changes and how to scale these techniques up.
You'll learn how to deal with problems and implement solutions effectively throughout the
project--not just at the end. With regular tune-ups your team will hum like a precise
world-class orchestra.
