📬🇦🇹 Alpine Post Expedition
Embark on a postal journey through the Austrian Alps, delivering insights and sprint treasures while sorting out delays. Let’s stamp our successes and reroute challenges for smoother deliveries ahead.
Template Columns
🚀📮 Launch the Mail
Identify new initiatives to get our project moving like fresh mail out of the post office.
Base column: Start✋📪 Halt the Junk
Spot processes that clog our workflow like spam letters.
Base column: Stop✅📬 Keep the Delivery
Maintain practices that ensure reliable, on‑time deliveries.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A fun, Alpine‑themed retrospective that sorts initiatives, blocks, and strengths into a postal‑delivery metaphor.
When to use this template
Use when the team needs a fresh, visual way to categorize work and uncover bottlenecks after a sprint.
How to facilitate
Set the scene by sharing the Alpine Post story and explain the three columns: Launch the Mail, Halt the Junk, Keep the Delivery
Give each participant three virtual sticky notes and ask them to write one initiative to start, one obstacle to stop, and one practice to keep
Collect the notes, place them in the corresponding columns on the digital board, and invite brief explanations for each item
Group similar items together, vote with emoji reactions or dot stickers to highlight the most important launches, blockers, and strengths
Discuss the top‑voted items, decide concrete actions, assign owners, and capture them in a follow‑up list before closing
Pro Tips
Encourage the mail metaphor – think of a new feature as a parcel and a bug as a delayed letter – to keep ideas vivid
Limit each person to three notes per column to keep the board focused and avoid analysis paralysis
Turn the top blockers into a short “reroute plan” with clear steps and deadlines
FAQ
What if the team runs out of sticky notes?
Allow participants to type directly into the board or use the comment feature; the goal is to capture ideas, not the medium
How do we handle dominant voices during the explanation phase?
Set a 30‑second timer per person and use a round‑robin order so everyone gets equal speaking time
Can we combine this with a traditional Start‑Stop‑Continue?
Yes, the Alpine Post is a themed wrapper for the same three categories, so you can reuse existing notes and simply rename the columns
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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