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Signal Check

Twenty minutes on how connected the team felt, not on what it shipped. Distance is not only kilometres, and a distributed team loses the signal long before anyone mentions it.

Steps

  1. 3 min
    Set the stage

    This retro is about how connected we felt, not about the board. No delivery talk for twenty minutes.

  2. 5 min
    Rate the signal

    Everyone drops a number from 1 to 5: how connected did you feel to this team this sprint? No explanations yet.

  3. 8 min
    Where it dropped

    Go around: one moment the signal was strong, one moment it dropped out. Moments, not moods.

  4. 4 min
    One reconnection

    Pick the single change that would lift the weakest signal, and give it an owner.