During the Retrospective
As a Scrum Master, you can assist your team in the retrospective by:
Participate in Analyzing Assessment Results
It is important that you actively participate and engage team members in the discussion during the retrospective. Take an active role in analyzing the assessment results and working with your team to identify impediments and opportunities for improvement, as you develop your growth plan. Help to create a safe environment for open, honest conversation, and don’t forget to celebrate success!
Capture Growth Items
The key deliverable from a retrospective is the Growth Plan, which is made up of Growth Items, created by the team to act on the areas that will help the team to grow and to ask for help from Leadership on issues that are outside of the team’s control. Growth Items usually fall into two categories: Team and Organizational.
We suggest the Facilitator and Scrum Master work together to capture Growth Items for the team during the retrospective and ensure that the Growth Plan is of good quality. Teams should create 1-2 growth items they themselves can work on, as well as 1-2 organizational growth items for Leadership to focus on. You can use Idea Board to brainstorm during the retrospective and team members can vote on which Growth Items to add to the Growth Plan.
Build the Growth Plan
Once the Growth Items have been agreed upon, they should be moved to the Growth Plan, which is located at the bottom of the radar results page for the team's assessment. You can do this in Idea Board by clicking either the team or organizational icon at the bottom of the winning idea cards.
Once the Growth Items have been moved to the Growth Plan, they should then be edited to include additional information. This varies for Team versus Organizational Growth Items and is described in detail in this article: How do I create Growth Items and Build a Team Growth Plan.
Once you have the growth plan created, it's time to Execute the Growth Plan.
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