Episode 031: Retrospectives and Agile Fluency with Diana Larsen




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Summary: <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Panelists: </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://twitter.com/geeksam"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Sam Livingston-Gray</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://twitter.com/janellekz"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Janelle Klein</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Guest Starring:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Diana Larsen: </span><a href="https://twitter.com/dianaofportland"><span style="font-weight: 400;">@DianaOfPortland</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://www.futureworksconsulting.com/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">FutureWorks Consulting</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> | </span><a href="https://leanpub.com/u/dianalarsenauthor"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Author: Agile Retrospectives, Liftoff, Five Rules of Accelerated Learning</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">  </span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Show Notes:</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>** This conversation stems from an earlier episode when Janelle joined the panel. </b><a href="http://www.greaterthancode.com/podcast/episode-028-brains-feedback-systems-demons-and-goats-with-janelle-klein/"><b>You can listen to it here!</b></a></p> <p><b>02:03</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Retrospectives </span><b>**</b></p> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> <p dir="ltr" lang="en">“Software work is learning work.” <a href="https://twitter.com/DianaOfPortland">@DianaOfPortland</a></p> <p>— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) <a href="https://twitter.com/greaterthancode/status/859885971973828608">May 3, 2017</a></p> </blockquote> <p></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OODA_loop"><span style="font-weight: 400;">OODA Loop</span></a></p> <p><b>11:07</b><span style="font-weight: 400;"> – Documenting Feelings and Emotions</span></p> <p><b>17:40 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Following Through With and Solving Action Plans</span></p> <p><b>20:08 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Focusing, Lists of Action, and “Best Practices”</span></p> <p><b>30:27 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– What is value in the context of software development? / Measuring Waste</span></p> <p><b>33:39 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– Taking Things in Small, Bite-sized Pieces: Refactoring</span></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mob_programming"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mob Programming</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Support us via </b><a href="https://www.patreon.com/greaterthancode"><b>Patreon</b></a><b>!<br> </b><b>Get instant access to our Slack Channel!<br> </b><b>Thank you </b><a href="https://twitter.com/iamtjg"><b>Tim Gaudette</b></a><b>!</b></p> <p><b>55:58 </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">– </span><a href="http://www.agilefluency.org/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Agile Fluency</span></a><b> **</b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.martinfowler.com/articles/agileFluency.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Your Path through Agile Fluency on Martin Fowler’s Blog</span></a></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Want to spill your thoughts and feelings on the new Greater Than Code blog? Send submissions to </b><a href="mailto:mandy@greaterthancode.com"><b>mandy@greaterthancode.com</b></a><b>! </b></p> <p style="text-align: center;"><b>Reflections:</b></p> <p><b>Janelle: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thinking about the focusing step and how much effort goes into those things versus the benefits of focusing on things from the recent past. Taking human emotions into consideration.</span></p> <p><b>Diana: </b><span style="font-weight: 400;">Managing learning and collecting data, and issues around value.</span></p> <p><b>Sam:</b><span style=""></span></p>