Focus on focus off

…retrospective meeting, for example, at the end of s sprint.

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After welcoming the participants and reviewing the goal and agenda, the retrospective leader describes productive and unproductive com- munication patterns. After describing those patterns, the participants discuss what they mean for the retrospective. Steps

1. Draw attention to the Focus On/Focus Off poster (see Figure 4.1, on the following page) and briefly read through it.
2. Form small groups, with no more than four people per group. Ask each group to take one pair of words to define and describe. If there are more than four pairs/groups, it’s OK if more than one group has the same pair of words.
3. Ask each group to talk about:
   1. what their two words mean;
   2. what behaviors they represent; and
   3. what impact each has on the team and the retrospective.
4. Each group reports on their conversation to the whole group.
5. Invite everyone to stay in the Focus On mode.

Therefore:

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