Cultivating the Art of Living through Sprint Retrospective

Monthly Method

Sprint retrospective is the most important ritual in Agile philosophy. I'll share how you can build your own goal management system that is perfectly tailored to your life circumstances.

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Blog posts mentioned:
Sprint-end celebration https://monthlymethod.com/sprint-end-celebration/
The baby shower story https://monthlymethod.com/failed-sprint-goals/
Optimizing life for a regular Tuesday https://monthlymethod.com/regular-tuesday/

Timeline:
00:00 - Overview
00:38 - What is a sprint retrospective?
01:07 - The shocking part
02:58 - Agile take on growth
04:03 - Sprint retrospective in teams
05:48 - Personal sprint retrospective
07:17 - Becoming your own guru and building your own system
08:51 - Cathedral Effect
09:18 - What got done?
10:46 - What didn't get done?
13:01 - How accurate was your sprint capacity calculation?
13:38 - Quality of life review
14:48 - Creating a Notes file for sprint retrospectives
15:50 - Example: Deeper Why
18:55 - Don't add to your to-do list
20:08 - Example: Making a promise
21:44 - Example: Leaving my phone at home
22:51 - Example: Reddit goal
25:54 - Going a level deeper into why we should do sprint retrospectives
26:54 - Life craftsmanship. The art of living.
28:50 - Curation in a function of time.

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