✈️ Air Travel Journey
Welcome aboard Flight Agile! Let's reflect on our journey: hits, turbulence, and upgrades. Share insights to ensure smooth landings on our next trip! Ready for take-off?
Template Columns
🛫 Take-Off Plans
Identify new actions and ideas to launch for a successful project journey.
Base column: Start🛑 Turbulence To Avoid
Discuss challenges or habits we should ground to avoid rough air ahead.
Base column: Stop🛬 Smooth Landings
Reflect on practices that keep the flight comfortable and should remain part of the experience.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Air Travel Journey retrospective uses a flight metaphor to analyze project progression by reviewing successful practices, observing difficulties, and proposing improvements.
When to use this template
Use this format mid-project, or after completing a significant phase, to identify what to maintain, remove, or improve.
How to facilitate
Welcome the team aboard the session, explaining the flight metaphor and the purpose of the retrospective.
Present each column, describing how 'Take-Off Plans' is about new initiatives, 'Turbulence To Avoid' covers challenges, and 'Smooth Landings' reflects on successes.
Start with a silent brainstorming session where team members add their input asynchronously under each column.
Afterwards, review each column collectively, discussing recurring themes and concerns in detail.
Facilitate a prioritization activity to decide the most critical actions or insights from the retrospective.
Collaboratively assign owners or next steps for the prioritized actions to set clear expectations going forward.
Conclude the session with a summary of what’s been covered and acknowledge everyone’s participation.
Pro Tips
Integrate aviation-related humor or props to make the session more enjoyable and relax the team.
Encourage team members to express not only challenges but also celebrations to maintain a positive balance.
Ensure the language in the 'Turbulence To Avoid' column is solution-oriented to foster constructive dialogue.
FAQ
What if the team finds the metaphor unrelatable?
Explain that using a metaphor like air travel can simplify abstract concepts and draw parallels in an engaging manner.
How do I ensure everyone's ideas are represented?
Use a round-robin approach for contributing ideas or allow for asynchronous pre-inputs to balance participation dynamics.
At a glance
- Duration
45-60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective