A step-by-step blueprint in 4 weeks​

This is a comprehensive course that teaches you everything you need, from structure to behaviors, to create and lead winning agile retrospectives

Who's this course for

Whether you are new to retrospectives and looking to sharpen your skills or a more seasoned facilitator looking to create powerful retrospectives, this course is for you.

  • A Scrum Master tired of justifying retrospectives for your team after hearing “let’s skip it just this time” and you want to break free from running after the next fancy retrospective template.

  • An Agile Coach who wants to demonstrate the undeniable value of retrospectives to managers and team members alike by leading high impact retrospectives.

  • A Team Lead or Manager, who believes in team development and is looking for better ways to growing awesome teams.

  • A willing team member who knows there are better ways to help the team’s performance from the trenches.

Course curriculum

  • 1

    Your First Steps

    • Welcome

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    • How this course works

    • What are agile retrospectives?

    • What retrospectives are not

    • Why most retrospectives fail

    • Retrospectives 101
  • 2

    Module 1 - The structure of an agile retrospective

    • Preparation is everything

    • Phase 1 - Set the Stage

    • What happens when you skip Phase 1

    • Phase 2 - Gather Data

    • What happens when you skip Phase 2

    • Phase 3 - Generate Insights

    • What happens when you skip phase 3

    • Phase 4 - Decide What to Do

    • What happens when you skip Phase 4

    • Phase 5 - Close the Retrospective

    • What happens when you skip Phase 5

    • Example of a retrospective

    • Submit your retrospective
  • 3

    Module 2 - Your facilitation matters

    • Introduction

    • Time management

    • Your headspace is key

    • Manage interpersonal dynamics

    • Conflict vs Dialogue

    • Key behaviors of effective facilitators

    • Better questions, better retrospectives
  • 4

    Module 3 - Troubleshooting your retrospectives

    • Fixing common issues

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    • Not all problems are worth solving

    • Solve on the scope of influence

    • Running out of time

    • Nothing to talk about

    • Silent contributors

    • Sucking the air out of the room

    • Only talking agout problems

    • All fun and giggles
  • 5

    Conclusion

    • Congratulations!

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With Effective Agile Retrospectives you’ll go from feeling anxious and looking for a fancy retrospective template every end of sprint, to feeling confident and breaking free from performance anxiety, knowing exactly what to do to craft engaging, actionable agile retrospectives.​

100% Online and Self-Paced​

You can take the course at whatever pace suits you. Your access to the course doesn't expire and you will receive any upcoming updates and future improvements in content. And whenever we have lives and community events, you're always invited.

Here’s what you’ll be able to do by the end of this program:

  • Know the anatomy of a successful retrospective inside and out

    via a deep understanding of the structure and components that make a retrospective truly effective.​

  • Troubleshoot a retrospective on the spot

    by identifying the most important and surprisingly common patterns of ineffectiveness that can derail retrospectives and by applying the appropriate fixes.​

  • Keep retrospectives short and timely

    by designing and selecting activities suitable for retrospectives and by mastering how to control time and interactions.​

  • Manage interpersonal dynamics and conflict

    n a productive way, generating dialogue and making sure the retrospective stays on track by intervening with precision and confidence.​

  • Show up as a competent facilitator

    by understanding the facilitator stance applicable to retrospectives and understanding how your mindset can positively impact it.​

Meet your Instructor

Coach and Founder of All things Agile.co

Petula Guimaraes

Petula has years of experience with coaching and with Agile. She was first a software developer using XP and Scrum over 20 years ago. She gradually placed her focus onto people and eventually became a professional coach and facilitator. Her passion for framework-neutral Agility as well as her firm belief that change starts with the individual and their own leadership discovery led her to eventually create All Things Agile. There she coaches and teaches emergent Agile leaders how to break from the mold of frameworks and roles, simplify and transforming how people work together.

Ready to create amazing retrospectives?

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What our learners say

Monika Evans

Project Manager

"Petula was one of the best facilitators I have ever had the opportunity to experience! She was able to keep our big remote team very engaged throughout the session, and everyone had such positive things to say about their experience."

Daniel Landin

Scrum master

"Learning with Petula and All Things Agile was such a delightful experience!"

FAQ

  • What do I need to succeed in this program?

    The materials are simple: a computer, phone or tablet with internet access to watch and read the content. Other than that, your success depends on you applying the content of the classes in the real world.

  • I enrolled in the program. Now what?

    You will receive an email helping you get set up with a login in our platform if you are new to it. If you are already one of our learners, you will see the new course appearing in your dashboard. As soon as your login is ready you have access to the introductory materials in the program. The content drips one module per week. There is a total of 4 modules, hence 4 weeks to complete the program.

  • Why can't I access all the 4 modules right away?

    The course is designed to maximize your learning and retention by releasing one module each week over four weeks. This drip schedule aligns with the best practices of educational psychology, which suggest that spaced repetition and incremental learning enhance understanding and recall. By receiving content in manageable segments, you’re able to fully absorb and apply each lesson before moving on to the next. This approach prevents the overwhelm that can come from too much information at once and supports the building of strong, lasting competencies.

  • I am not an "agile" anything. Will I still benefit from taking this course?

    Yes! Agile retrospectives are a tool for team learning and development that leads to heightened performance and project success. The course is designed to help anyone become a facilitator of well-structured, well-facilitated retrospectives. Other known roles that take our similar live workshops and courses are project managers, change managers, directors, quality assurance analyst and software developers. So long and you have the curiosity and willingness to apply this content with real teams, you will collect great results and become a skilled facilitator of agile retrospectives.

  • Do I get a certificate at the end?

    Yes. All our courses provide you with a certificate of completion at the end. To have one automatically issued to you, you must go through every single lesson and reach their individual completion, including quizzes and activities. You can then share it on your social media, with your employer and use it as proof of your time well invested in self-development.

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