With the different types of agile retrospective formats available, we will be expanding upon the Lean Coffee Retrospective in this quick view post.

What is the Lean Coffee Sprint Retrospective?

This sprint retrospective format is a structured approach that involves the entire team building an agenda together. This is a great format to use to ensure that your meeting is productive and structured and that everyone gets a say in what should be discussed. Before the meeting there is no formal agenda set because at the beginning of the meeting the entire team decides on the specific points that they want to touch on in the meeting and develops a to-do list or agenda together.

A Lean Coffee Retrospective looks like this:

●      Preparation: Before the meeting, the facilitator will set up a board with three columns including:

○      To Do

○      Doing

○      Done

●      Ideation: At the start of the meeting, the facilitator hands out sticky notes to each member and sets a timer. Each team member writes down things that should go on the To Do list. At the end of the timer, they put their sticky notes under the heading. They continue with this for Doing and Done, as well.

●      Dot Voting: Each item under each heading will be read out and a dot vote will be taken to see which themes have been repeated the most. Those, obviously being important to many members of the team, will be the items being discussed.

●      Discuss: Once the topics have been voted upon, the team will discuss each item chosen.

What are the Lean Coffee Sprint Retro format uses?

This retrospective format is used to get every team member involved and to let them own the discussion and make it their own. This allows everyone to have a say in what is important and what needs to be discussed so that everyone’s voice can be heard.

When is the Lean Coffee Agile Retrospective used?

This is a good format to use when you want your team to own the discussion and ensure that the ideas that your team collectively wants to discuss are covered.

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