🎃👻 Halloween Haunt
Step into the haunted house of our project! Let’s share the tricks (challenges), treats (successes), and spooky lessons to carve out a brighter path forward. Let’s make our frightful experience a delightful one!
Columnas de plantilla
🍬 Sweet Treats
Celebrate the sweet successes and magical moments of our project.
Columna base: What Went Well👻 Ghostly Encounters
Uncover the spooky challenges and hauntings that slowed us down.
Columna base: What Went Wrong🕸️ Web of Improvements
Spot the cobwebbed corners and brainstorm ways to improve for a smoother journey.
Columna base: What We Want to ImproveAcerca de esta plantilla
The Halloween Haunt retrospective provides a themed approach to reviewing project or sprint outcomes by reflecting on successes, challenges, and areas for improvement in a festive and engaging way.
Cuándo usar esta plantilla
Use this retrospective format when around Halloween for a lighthearted yet productive team reflection, or anytime you want to bring some seasonal festivity into your session.
Cómo facilitar
Introduce the Halloween Haunt theme and outline the session's purpose and agenda to the team.
Set the stage with the columns 🍬 Sweet Treats (successes), 👻 Ghostly Encounters (challenges), and 🕸️ Web of Improvements (improvement areas).
Ask participants to spend 5 minutes adding their notes to each column, reminding them of the thematic prompts for each category.
Review the 🍬 Sweet Treats first, celebrating wins and discussing successful practices or outcomes.
Move to 👻 Ghostly Encounters to discuss challenges faced and understand their causes.
Explore 🕸️ Web of Improvements to brainstorm actionable improvements and decide on next steps.
Conclude by summarizing the insights gathered and action items defined, and reflect on the process leveraging the festive theme.
Consejos profesionales
Encourage the use of Halloween-themed visuals or virtual backgrounds to make the session more immersive.
Prepare a festive icebreaker to get everyone into the Halloween spirit, such as sharing Halloween costumes or stories.
Allocate sufficient time for discussing improvements, as this is where actionable outcomes are crafted.
Consider using sound effects or atmospheric Halloween music to enhance the ambiance.
Preguntas frecuentes
What if the team finds the theme distracting from the actual retrospective?
Set clear expectations at the start that the theme is for engagement and does not detract from the retrospective's professional purpose.
How to keep the discussion focused and not overly festive?
Moderate the conversation and ensure you redirect focus to the columns and their insights when going off-topic.
Can this be used outside of Halloween?
Absolutely, with adjustments to frame it as a creative and fun session unrelated to seasonal context.
A primera vista
- Duración
45–60 min
- Tamaño del equipo
4-12 personas
- Columnas
3 columnas
- Formato base
What Went Well, What Went Wrong, What We Want to Improve
Etiquetas
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