Comments on: Cause and effect in retrospectives http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/ Building business agility though software Wed, 21 Jul 2010 09:37:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Dave http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/comment-page-1/#comment-939 Dave Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:55:26 +0000 http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/#comment-939 Hi David, I agree that this put's a focus on the negative and share your concern. I tend to use this technique within a retrospective structure that provides an opportunity to focus on positives also. As a minimum I will use an 'emotional seismograph' to bring into focus both high's and lows. As a one off this approach provides a team with a set of intervention points where they have issues to deal with. I would select this tool in particular where individuals have pre-conceptions about root causes of issues and fixes. I'm not entirely convinced that the neutrality of a diagram of effects would hold for long in practice but look forward to giving it a try. I'm also keen to develop my tool set to include approaches that focus on the positive (maybe AI inspired). Thanks for the comment. Hi David,

I agree that this put’s a focus on the negative and share your concern.

I tend to use this technique within a retrospective structure that provides an opportunity to focus on positives also. As a minimum I will use an ‘emotional seismograph’ to bring into focus both high’s and lows.

As a one off this approach provides a team with a set of intervention points where they have issues to deal with. I would select this tool in particular where individuals have pre-conceptions about root causes of issues and fixes.

I’m not entirely convinced that the neutrality of a diagram of effects would hold for long in practice but look forward to giving it a try. I’m also keen to develop my tool set to include approaches that focus on the positive (maybe AI inspired).

Thanks for the comment.

]]> By: David Harvey http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/comment-page-1/#comment-938 David Harvey Tue, 13 Oct 2009 16:44:07 +0000 http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/#comment-938 I've seen a few current reality trees, though not used the technique. Thanks for this succinct explanation. One concern I'd have is about focusing on undesirable/unwanted traits in a scenario: I suspect that this could be counter-productive (accentuating the negative), making it less useful in a team or group where there are conflicts and disagreements about what happened. The diagram of effects is from the start much more neutral. What's your experience with this? I’ve seen a few current reality trees, though not used the technique. Thanks for this succinct explanation. One concern I’d have is about focusing on undesirable/unwanted traits in a scenario: I suspect that this could be counter-productive (accentuating the negative), making it less useful in a team or group where there are conflicts and disagreements about what happened. The diagram of effects is from the start much more neutral. What’s your experience with this?

]]> By: Dreamfeed » Blog Archive » Systems thinking with diagrams of effects http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/comment-page-1/#comment-936 Dreamfeed » Blog Archive » Systems thinking with diagrams of effects Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:56:12 +0000 http://www.agiledesign.co.uk/retrospectives/cause-and-effect-in-retrospectives/#comment-936 [...] – diagrams of effects facilitate team problem solving processes (similar to what David Draper is doing with current reality trees, another systems thinking [...] [...] – diagrams of effects facilitate team problem solving processes (similar to what David Draper is doing with current reality trees, another systems thinking [...]

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