Friday, May 29, 2009  collecting data in a retrospective: Blond-
ROTI chart  Today a colleague of mine (thanks, Stefan!) demoed a
retrospective data collecting step that he invented...
(hereafter called the Blond-ROTI chart) it was amusing and fast
and effective. We were asked to rate, on a scale of 1-10, how we
felt about various aspects of the iteration... and to come up
with additional dimensions to rate as well. He gave us 10
minutes (for a team of 12) to do this, and then we spent 20
minutes afterwards discussing items that we felt strongly about.
It was effective because it gave everyone a chance to get quick
feedback on a subject that maybe wouldn't be discussed
otherwise. Anyway, the data collection began as follows:
velocity 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 confidence in product 1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 team cohesion 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10  People added a tick
next to their rating, and then quickly added other topics. The
white board became a hotly contested resource... people were
scrambling for markers and/or room t