What benefits is the team getting from Retrospectives

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MIS608 Agile Project Management - Laureate International Universities

Assessment - Reflection on Agile ways of working and Agile teams

Learning Outcome 1: Undertake research to demonstrate an understanding of Agile concepts, tools and techniques.

Learning Outcome 2: Reflect on the Agile process and the influence on the individual's professional development within the method used in this subject with particular emphasis on Agile roles within teams.

Task Summary

"There are three things extremely hard: Steel, a diamond, and to know one's self."- Benjamin Franklin

You are required to write and submit a 1500-word individual reflection about how your work as a Agile Team is progressing so far. You are required to use Driscoll's "What Model" (2007) as a framework for this exercise and your reflection should clearly follow the steps of the framework.

1. What? - Describe what is happening within your team as you progress to the midway point of your project. Think about the following perspectives:
a. How has the team has negotiated its formation?
b. How has the developed a working agreement via the team contract?
c. How establishing sprints progressed?
d. How is your use of kanbans/scrum boards progressing?
2. So what? - Undertake an analysis to understand
a. Are the team demonstrating an Agile Mindset?
b. Have the team members demonstrated Servant Leadership?
c. Is there Psychological Safety within the team?
d. Is the team working in a self-organised manner?
e. What benefits is the team getting from Retrospectives?

3. Now what? -. Formulate a plan of 3 action items that you will take forward within the team which will improve 3 of the following 4 areas:
a. Agile Mindset
b. Servant Leadership within the team.
c. Psychological safety within the team.
d. Working as a self-organised team.
e. Reflection through the Retrospective process

Task Instructions

Write a 1500-word reflective report addressing the concepts of how working agreements, the Agile Mindset, Psychological Safety and Servant Leadership can influence how a self-organised team can bring their working agreement to life with Agile practices.

Cover page: A cover page will be required which must include the following information:
1. Subject Code
2. Subject name
3. Assessment number
4. Assessment title
5. Class CRN
6. Learning Facilitator's name
7. Student name
8. Student number (‘A' number)
Introduction (100-150 words): which will also serve as your statement of purpose for this report - this means that you will tell the reader what you are going to cover in your report. You will need to inform the reader of:

1. Your area of reflection
2. Key concepts in this reflective report
3. What the reader can expect to find in the body of the report

The body of the report (1000-1200 words):

2. So what? - Undertake an analysis to understand:
a. Are the team demonstrating an Agile Mindset?
b. Have the team members demonstrated Servant Leadership?
c. Is there Psychological Safety within the team?
d. Is the team working in a self-organised manner?
e. What benefits is the team getting from Retrospectives?

4. Now what? -. Formulate a plan of 3 action items that you will take forward within the team which will improve 3 of the following 4 areas:
a. Agile Mindset
b. Servant Leadership within the team.
c. Psychological safety within the team.
d. Working as a self-organised team.
e. Reflection through the Retrospective process

5. Conclusion: summarise the two most important elements you have learned from the group assignment that you have uncovered via your self-reflection.

Format and Layout
Please use font Arial or Calibri 11 point, should be line spaced at 1.5 for ease of reading and page numbers on the bottom of each page.
If diagrams or tables are used, due attention should be given to pagination to avoid loss of meaning and continuity by unnecessarily splitting information over two pages. Diagrams must carry the appropriate captioning.

Referencing
There are requirements for referencing this report using APA referencing style. It is expected that you reference any appropriate resources that were used in class and that you include five additional resources in the relevant subject areas based on readings and further research.

Attachment:- Agile Project Management.rar

Reference no: EM133119782

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