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The Stinky Fish that thing that you carry around but don’t like to talk about; but the longer you hide it, the stinkier it gets. Everyone writes down their stinky fish: their fear in that moment; something that will only get worse if you don’t acknowledge and deal with it. Then allow one by one to share.

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It's a group discussion of an important topic that needs the whole group input and consensus, but a small number of people are dominating, doing most of the speaking, and everyone else is just sitting quietly, keeping their heads down.

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An Impediment is anything that keeps the Team from getting work Done and that slows the team's Velocity.

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An Impediment is anything that keeps the Team from getting work Done and that slows the team's Velocity.

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Ideas or topics that are worth discussing, but are not central to the main focus of the the discussion, are written down and placed in the "parking lot" (a whiteboard or flipchart, or a space on a virtual platform, eg. Padlet, or Miro) to discuss later.

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The group has been discussing different ideas and you think that the discussion has started to go around in circles. - you think it might be time to bring the discussion to a close and come to a decision.

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STEP 1: Pick 3-4 impediment out of the cards below and read it out loud.

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STEP 1: Pick 3-4 impediment out of the cards below and read it out loud.

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An object is chosen, for example a pen, as the "talking stick. Whoever is holding the talking stick is allowed to talk. Once the person with the stick is finished sharing, other people raise their hand, and the person holding the stick passes it to them. Continue until everyone has had the chance to say what they want to say.

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Everyone writes down their answer to the following 3 questions: "What we did well”, “What we can do better”, and “Actions”. Then allow one by one to share. Do not interfere when one is sharing. Listen actively. Capture impediments if needed

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There is an important decision to make and the team seems split in the middle about which way to go. The discussion is getting a little heated, and you hear frustration in people's voices. It's such an important decision that nobody seems willing to compromise.

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STEP 2: Read through the Facilitation Techniques. Which one would you choose to solve the impediment. And, are there other ways to solve it (you may move the cards around).

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STEP 2: Read through the Facilitation Techniques. Which one would you choose to solve the impediment. And, are there other ways to solve it (you may move the cards around).

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Everyone map-out 5 post-its in a row, as if steps of a process. Then individually they draw the idea or process they have in mind on the post-its, step by step. when everyone is finished, the rows of post-its are placed underneath each other. Each team member shares their post-its. Finally, the team tries to merge the different visualisations into one map that the team aligns on.t

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A group discussion has turned from a very lively debate into a near chaos. Everyone is talking over each other, and keeps veering off into detours and away from the main topic at hand.

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STEP 3: Discuss with the team if they have encountered a similar situation and what they did, what they learned.

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STEP 3: Discuss with the team if they have encountered a similar situation and what they did, what they learned.

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Two very different directions are being proposed, and there's no clear consensus no which is the right path to take. Everyone spends a minute or two silently thinking about "what is the smallest step we could take that would give is information to help us make the decision", writing it down. The writings are collected and then read aloud to the group

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The group has a clear understanding of the problem to be solved, but only one solution has been suggested, and nobody seems fully satisfied with it.

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Everyone spends a few minutes writing down their ideas on post-its. The post-its are put up either physically or digitally. Everyone is given a certain amount of votes, say 6. Votes can either be stickers, marker dots or emojis when digital. One distributes the votes by either distributing them over different ideas or putting more on 1 idea. Once voting is done, the group selects the winners.

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Two people in the group discussion are having a back and forth argument with each other. As each person argues their case more strongly, the other does the same, and it's getting more and more heated and angry.

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Distribute post-its, a piece of paper or us a shared platform (eg. miro). Give everyone 2 minutes to write down ideas at the top. Everyone then passes to the ideas of another team member and picks-up the writing where the previous person left off, starting with the words: Yes and... (building upon the idea of the previous person, even if they do not necessarily like it or agree with it. Repeat until everyone has seen all ideas. then share.

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There is a group discussion about an uncomfortable topic, and it's important to get everyone's input and perspective, but people seem unwilling to speak-up. Everyone is just sitting in silence and hoping that someone else speaks up. The group needs to get a full and honest view of all the opinions.

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It's the start of a group discussion, and everyone seems very stiff, shy and reserved. It seems that something is needed to "break the ice" and loosen people up.

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The team writes down the idea or the problem that they are working on. Individually everyone asks "why is this a problem" or "why will this idea work" and writes down the answer. Then again, ask "why is that so?", now referring to the last answer, and provide a new answer. Do this 5 times, each time referring to the last answer. In the end, compare your answer with the other team members. and come to a conclusion.

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A few months in the project, a member of the development team speaks-up and says he thinks that the Retrospective is a waste of time.Several other people murmur in agreement and someone suggests that we stop doing the Retrospective.