Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives is one of 18 courses in a LinkedIn Learning Path entitled Prepare for the PMI-ACP® Certification. I have now completed 5 of the 18 courses.
Course Details
Designed to help increase the pace and quality of a team’s work, agile retrospectives utilize a structured format to gather insights, identify challenges, create a more agile mindset, and make a team more productive and successful. In Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives you will discover the five phases of a successful retrospective: setting the right direction, getting all the issues on the table, gathering insights from the team, making decisions, and applying changes. In addition, ou will learn how to use a starfish diagram or PANCAKE approach to facilitate a comfortable and effective retrospective. Finally, you’ll learn the importance of closing a retrospective with clear action items for the next sprint.
Topics covered in this course include the following:
- Five phases of retrospectives
- Choosing an ideal meeting space
- Identifying issues and improvements
- Working with a distributed team
- Encouraging discussions
- Setting goals using SMART criteria
- Asking good questions
- Making team decisions
- Closing out an agile retrospective
Prepare for the PMI-ACP® Exam
The PMI Agile Certified Practitioner (PMI-ACP)® certification officially recognizes your agile knowledge and demonstrates your subject matter expertise to peers, managers, stakeholders, and employers. This Learning Path is designed to help you learn, study, and take the PMI-ACP® exam.
Previously completed courses in this 18-course, 21-hour Learning Path include the following:
- Agile at Work: Getting Better with Agile Retrospectives (current)
- Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards
- Agile at Work: Driving Productive Agile Meetings
- Agile at Work: Planning with Agile User Stories
- Agile at Work: Building Your Agile Team
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If you would like to learn agile methodologies as part of a group of like-minded web developers, join Boston PHP Meetup and sign up for the next Agile Appetizer self-study group.
Gene Babon
Gene Babon is a team leader, project manager and web developer who is actively seeking next management-level opportunity. Learn more at Pick a lane. Keep driving.
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