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Sprint Review

Quintessential Thought

Most Sprint Reviews suck. They don't accomplish what they are intended to do – which is feedback. Help yourself, your team, and your organization, by taking a Sprint Review back to the basics.

Quotes

“Feedback is a gift. Ideas are the currency of our next success. Let people see you value both feedback and ideas.” – Jim Trinka and Les Wallace

“I think it’s very important to have a feedback loop, where you’re constantly thinking about what you’ve done and how you could be doing it better.” – Elon Musk

“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard

“Why did God give me two ears and one mouth? So that I will hear more and talk less.” – Leo Rosten

Quick Step

I'm going to cheat here and give you three quick steps:

1. At the beginning of your next Sprint Review, state the purpose: “we don't know everything, so we need your feedback, stakeholders!”

2. Do some thing to lower the barrier for feedback. Have people write the best thing about all the shown or what are they concerned about from what was shown. Then discuss.

3. Avoid the question: “Any questions?” This isn't a real question. People aren't used to answering this. It's actually seen by many as more of a closing of an event than an actual question.

Question

Where could you have avoided challenges in the past by getting better feedback in Sprint Reviews?

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