Retrospectives for Organizational Change: An Agile Approach

by Jutta Eckstein

Overview

In this book, Jutta Eckstein examines how retrospectives –originally a kind of a facilitated workshop for gaining feedback– can be applied conceptually to initiate and implement organizational change. Technically, retrospectives were an instrument for a group to examine a past joint period of time and learn from that. The participants of a Retrospective for Organizational Change do not share a joint past, yet they learn from their different individual experiences and use this as a basis to form a shared future. The main strength is to leverage the experiences of a diverse group. Especially if the change is dynamic, which means the approach toward the goal is unclear or if it is complex, where the goal itself is in-determinate, Retrospectives for Organizational Change can provide a way to support the change. This book covers the conceptual idea of using Retrospectives for Organizational Change and additionally reports on the feedback and experiences of its practical application.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9783947991013
Publisher:	Jutta Eckstein
Publication date:	02/15/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	150
File size:	24 MB
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About the Author

I hold a M.A. Business Coaching&Change Management, a Dipl.Eng. in Product-Engineering, and a B.A. in Education. Retrospective for Organizational Change was at the core of my master thesis. I am working as an independent coach, consultant, and trainer. I have helped many teams and organizations all over the world to make the transition to an agile approach. I have a unique experience in applying agile processes within medium-sized to large distributed mission-critical projects. I focus also on techniques which help teach and learn and am a main lead in the pedagogical patterns project. I am a member of the AgileAlliance (having served on the board of directors from 2003-2007) and a member of the program committee of many different European, Asian, and American conferences, where I has also presented her work. At the last election, I have been designated for the Top 100 most important persons of the German IT.

Table of Contents

Abbreviations
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
1. Preface
2. Introduction
3. Objective
4. Design and Function of Retrospectives
4.1 Duration, Participation, Attitude
4.2 Purpose
4.3 Phases
5. Challenges in Organizational Change
5.1 Different Kinds of Change
5.2 Unclear Goals
5.3 Increase in Demand for Participation . 26
6. Enabling Organizational Change
6.1 Diversity in Participation
6.2 Existing Experiences
6.3 Deciding What to Do
6.4 Relation and Demarcation to other Methods
7. Heuristic Evidence
7.1 Usefulness for Change Management
7.2 Adaptive Action and Retrospectives
8. Experiences with Exemplary Applications
8.1 Feedback on the Meta-Level
8.2 Enabling Complex Change
8.3 Enabling Dynamic Change
9. Reflection on the Suggested Method
10.Closing Remarks
Reference List
Appendix
Results from Open Space at RfG 2012/13
Protocol of Workshop at XP 2013
Protocol of Enabling a Dynamic Change
Protocol of Enabling a Complex Change
About the Author
Other Books by the Authors

Editorial Reviews

Linda Rising says about this book: "Of course, there are other books on the protocols and exercises for retrospectives, but these don't share the 'whys' of this important ritual. What Jutta has done for us is provide real experience reports that show how useful retrospectives can be and share her research around using retrospectives to lead change in an organization. Get this book and read it!" (Linda Rising, Co-Author of Fearless Change and More Fearless Change)

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