QCon is a practitioner-driven conference designed for technical team leads, architects, and project managers who influence software innovation in their teams.

Training: "Effective Retrospective"

Track: Tutorial / Time: Tuesday 13:00 - 16:00 / Location: Wordsworth

A retrospective is a meeting held at the end of a development iteration or software release to help a team identify ways to improve their effectiveness. The workshop explores how to plan and facilitate a retrospective with some practical group exercises. We also cover how to turn ideas for improvement into real change. Come to this session to share your experiences implementing change with agile teams and pick up some tips for better retrospectives.

Rachel Davies, Author of the first book on "Agile Coaching"

Rachel Davies

Biography: Rachel Davies

Rachel is co-author of the first “Agile Coaching” book and the UK’s leading expert in coaching agile teams. She is internationally recognized and presents at industry conferences worldwide. Rachel has over 20 years experience in software development in a variety of roles from software developer to manager. She has worked as an agile practitioner since 2000 and utilizes a range of agile methods including XP, SCRUM, Lean/Kanban, and DSDM. She has extensive experience facilitating retrospectives and user story workshops.

You may contact her at rachel@industriallogic.com