Join APO on Wednesday, February 27th from 6:00-8:30pm for an interactive evening using retrospective activities to reflect and learn how we can optimize retrospectives to improve product outcomes.

Retrospectives can be considered one of the most efficient and effective ways to improve product development. Retrospectives are well-known to the development community as a means of improving team process, delivery, and team relationships. Product Managers and Product Owners often overlook their usefulness not only for building healthy product development teams, but also improving product outcomes.

Our Agile Product Open community joins others around the globe on Wednesday, February 27th, World Retrospective Day. At APO Boston, we’ll explore how product people use (or don’t) use retrospectives in product development to grow, sustain and improve product outcomes.

In this evening event, we retrospect retrospectives, from the product perspective.

We’ll use a multi-part series of activities. We begin by setting the stage for our evening gathering data about your use of retrospectives, conduct a fast-paced, self-directed learning activity about retrospectives (also gathering more data), then use a series of retrospective activities to reflect on the prior activities. You leave with a deeper understanding of retrospectives, an experience of participating in a retrospective, and with an expanded set of possibilities for how to optimize retrospectives to improve product outcomes.

All are welcome. You might be experienced in integrating retrospectives into your product management or product ownership work, and in being an active participant in product development team retros. Alternatively, you may be new to retrospectives, or to the idea of using them as a product management tool.

Join us for another lively evening where we, the community, engage deeply, open ourselves to surprises, and reflect and learn from each other.

** Light food and soft drinks / wine / beer will be provided**

Agenda:

6:00-6:30 pm: Registration & Pre-event Networking

6:30-8:30 pm: Retrospecting Retrospectives: A Product Perspective multiple-part activity

Post-Event Networking

Location:

We are grateful to our hosts, CarGurus, for their generosity and excellent space. About CarGurus:

CarGurus is the #1 visited online car shopping website in the US. At CarGurus, we’re building the world’s most trusted and transparent automotive marketplace where it’s easy to find great deals from top-rated dealers. Founded in 2006 by Langley Steinert (co-founder of TripAdvisor), CarGurus is a technology company with a passion for data and its power to simplify every aspect of the car shopping experience. Using proprietary technology, search algorithms and innovative data analytics, we provide unbiased validation on pricing, dealer reputation and vehicle history.

Getting to CarGurus:

Our Cambridge office is located at 2 Canal Park, Cambridge, MA 02141, conveniently located near Lechmere Station and Kendall Square. Parking is available at the CambridgeSide Galleria (a good entrance is on First St across from Spring St). When entering 2 Canal Park, please tell security of your arrival and they will grant you elevator access to the fourth floor.

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