Highlight: retrospective ownership!

A great thing happened today: my team took control of their retrospective!

I arrived to a white board with a proposed agenda already laid out. As it had all the necessary components (check-in, fact gathering, and actions), I encouraged the team to run with it and all I did is help the team nominated facilitator steer the group back on track at times. It was great! There was a lot of open conversation and it was nice to have the team members driving themselves towards the outcomes. Considering where they were 4-6 sprints ago, it’s also a lovely sign of just how far they have come as a team.