Retro
is one of the most important ceremonies in scrum framework. In retro team
members should speak freely without any fear of retribution and judging. Retro
is like Family Meeting.
As name suggests,
in family meeting only family members are allowed to participate, who can watch
the back of each other. Similarly, in retro only team members who can back up each
other ( devTeam) and Scrum Master ( after all he is a servant leader for
the team) and Product Owner (is your PO part of the family?) should
participate. Like family meeting, retro should be conducted in
a closed-door environment where everyone expresses his or her opinion,
grievances can share freely without fear of judgment by others.
In
a family meeting, family can discuss a lot of things but family may
decide to share few selective bits of information with the external world,
so the retro. In the family meeting, all is discussed – good, bad, and worst. Family decides
what to share with the external world but family work as collective to
improve overall capability of the family.
Family
meeting works like a mirror to family and helps family members to remain
trustworthy to each other and become better over time.
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