Liberating Structures for Scrum Ceremonies v1

Min Spec of this Article: As a Scrum Master I want a simple menu of suggested Liberating Structures(LS) for scrum events so that I can easily experiment with stuff I haven't tried before (that has a good chance of working).

Max specs not included: What are Liberating Structures? What is scrum? What is Agile? Who am and what do I want in life? How do I live a meaningful life? How do I have a great relationships?

The scrum guide is a minimalist framework to get stuff done. Many people wonder "great but how do I do that?" LS offers an answer.

Sprint Planning:

Ecocycle:

Is a planning structure after all! Take the story/backlog item and map the activities/tasks involved to bring it from gestation to creative destruction. What items are likely to get stuck in the poverty and rigidity traps?

Triz:

The risk management Swiss army knife! By creating the don't-do list you may discover many actions are needed to avoid them. Add these to your to-do list/sprint-backlog!

9 why's:

So you have got yourself a sprint goal, why do we need to do it? Bring the stakeholders and value into awareness with 9 why

Min Specs:

Agile manifesto principle #10: Simplicity--the art of maximizing the amount of work not done--is essential.

With your sprint goal and product backlog come to the minimal amount of work that will allow us to achieve the goal!

Daily:

Example Invitation: What is your plan to achieve the Sprint Goal for the day?

WINFY:

Emphasize coordination by making explicit requests for help and responding with clearly

Impromptu Networking:

Share your plan for the day in 3 short 1-1's with the people you need to interact with most that day

Ecocycle Planning...

... your day

Refinement:

Discovery Action Dialog (DAD):

Share and uncover local solutions to problems and backlog items

Min Specs: 

Identify the least work required so that backlog items can be completed (Combines very well with Must, Should, Could, Won't [MoSCoW])

Celebrity Interview:

Prepare questions for your stakeholder/PO in advance and conduct an interview

Review:

Open Space/Shift and share:

Hey that's what we do!

25/10 Crowdsourcing:

Now that stakeholders have evaluated the current increment how would they reprioritise the product backlog?

Celebrity Interview:

With the PO/Stakeholder/User!

Retrospective:

Heard-Seen-Respected:

Practice Listening, build empathy and increase psychological safety

What? So What? Now What?

Debrief the sprint/increment, evaluate what matters most and decide what to do about it?

Triz:

"As social scientists studying human behaviour, our research goal is to create a working environment that is so toxic, that everyone quits. List all of the things you could do to create a hellish team culture"

Troika(Wise Crowds):

Collect insight/advice/feedback from the team about a relevant challenge

15% Solutions:

With no extra time, resources or authority, what action can we take to start to solve a small part of the problem?

Conversation Cafe:

Identify a topic/theme and create an open space for a reflective chat

This Article is a writeup of output from a user LS User Group Open Space Event. Thanks to everyone in the community! If you are curious to know experience and learn about LS then you should join us sometime! Go here to find out more!

How you can contribute to this menu:

• Vouch for and (in)validate that these structures help achieve the scrum events goals
• Share your experience, knowledge and ideas/suggestions in the comments to ad to the list

Thanks for your time, attention and energy! Have a great day!