Greater Than Code
Episode 031: Retrospectives and Agile Fluency with Diana Larsen
** This conversation stems from an earlier episode when Janelle joined the panel: Episode 028: Brains, Feedback Systems, Demons, and Goats.
02:03 – Retrospectives **
“Software work is learning work.” @DianaOfPortland
— Greater Than Code (@greaterthancode) May 3, 2017
11:07 – Documenting Feelings and Emotions
17:40 – Following Through With and Solving Action Plans
20:08 – Focusing, Lists of Action, and “Best Practices”
30:27 – What is value in the context of software development? / Measuring Waste
33:39 – Taking Things in Small, Bite-sized Pieces: Refactoring
55:58 – Agile Fluency **
Your Path through Agile Fluency on Martin Fowler’s Blog
Reflections:
Janelle: 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.
Diana: Managing learning and collecting data, and issues around value.
Sam: Different forms and cycles of feedback.
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Special Guest: Diana Larsen.