Re: PO at retro [1 Attachment]

Hi Jean,
re. Scrum Guide: the term "Scrum Team" is inclusive of PO, so the Scrum Guide is quite explicit about this. In fact, some improvements may need to be owned & done by the PO, so best to have that conversation with the relevant persons, e.g. re-define DoD, or clarify acceptance criteria.  
Highly performant teams I worked with have a smooth and trusting relationship with the PO, and include the PO in the Retro. The only times I've seen PO be explicitly excluded is when the PO-Dev Team relationship is strained; even then the aim is to look for ways to improve their relationship over time, and be inclusive in the (near?) future.
Silvana Wasitova

      From: "'Jean Richardson' [email protected] [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT]" <[email protected]>
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 Subject: [SCRUMDEVELOPMENT] PO at retro
   
    I’m having the “should the Product Owner be at the retrospective” conversation again.  While, years ago, the Product Owner was optional in this meeting, a fair amount of learning has happened since then and a range of resources has come out advocating that the PO be present—not optional.  The current edition of the Scrum Guide doesn’t help much here by referring only to the “Scrum Team” in the section on the retro, but, then again, maybe that’s intentional, and the Ken and Jeff now believe, based on feedback and experiments, that the PO should be present at the retro as a matter of course.   In a situation where the relationship is not good between the PO and the Development Team of the PO and the SM, I’m wondering about the quality of a retro where the PO is not optional, but a required attendee.  The guidance I typically give is that the purpose of the review is to inspect the increment and the purpose of the retro is for the team to inspect their work processes.  The most intimates changes are often within the team, and those conversations require privacy and confidentiality to those present unless those present determine otherwise.  Therefore, I still am reasoning that the PO is optional and included with the agreement of the Development Team.  Thoughts?  References?  --- Jean    
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Jean RichardsonAzure Gate Consulting~ Repatterning the Human Experience of Work  AzureGate.net(503) [email protected]   |

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