Definition
‘Glad!Sad!Mad!’ is a popular retrospective technique that allows the Team Members to introspect and bring their emotions into play during the Retrospective or the Sprint. It basically postulates how the team is feeling after the last Sprint cycle.
Before the retrospective begins, the facilitator hangs three posters on the wall (one for each emotion) and informs them of the timebox of the retrospective. The facilitator hands the sticky notes to the audience, which they are told to keep private, so as to not be influenced by each other’s ideas. After sticking, there is a voting and discussion process that concludes the retrospective (and is also TimeBoxed).
Further Reading
- “Agile Retrospectives – Making Good Teams Great (Pragmatic Programmers)”(book), by Esther Derby