🏁🚗 Bathurst 1000 Grand Prix Retrospective
Rev up your engines and hit the legendary Mount Panorama circuit! In this high-octane retro, we’ll tune our team for peak performance by sharing pit stops, overtakes, and champion habits. Let’s race toward agile victory, Bathurst style!
Template Columns
🔰 Green Flag Starts
Identify new strategies and winning moves to kick off on our next lap.
Base column: Start🚫 Pit Crew Pit Stops
List habits, blockers, or actions we should halt to avoid a crash.
Base column: Stop🏎️ Full-Throttle Laps
Highlight what keeps our wheels spinning smoothly, and should keep going.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Bathurst 1000 Grand Prix Retrospective uses a racing theme to help teams identify new strategies, remove blockers, and celebrate winning routines for ongoing improvement.
When to use this template
Run this retrospective after key sprints, big releases, or at the end of a project when the team needs renewed energy and a clear tune-up on what's working and what needs change.
How to facilitate
Set the scene by introducing the Bathurst 1000 race metaphor and explain the meaning of each column to the team.
Ask team members to silently add notes to each column: Green Flag Starts for new strategies, Pit Crew Pit Stops for things to halt, and Full-Throttle Laps for effective habits to keep.
Review each column as a group, inviting contributors to elaborate on their notes and encouraging discussion to clarify or combine similar items.
Facilitate a conversation around the most important items in each column, helping the team prioritize where to take action or double down on strengths.
Turn priorities into clear, actionable tasks or experiments for the upcoming sprint.
Summarize the agreed actions and highlight areas of celebration or recognition before closing.
Pro Tips
Use racing visuals or audio clips to boost engagement and set an energetic tone for the session.
Encourage quieter team members to share by using anonymous card submission or breakout pair discussions first.
Direct conversations away from blame by focusing on systems and actions rather than individuals.
Tie each action item to a measurable goal or lightweight check-in for future retrospectives.
FAQ
What if the racing theme doesn’t resonate with the team?
Invite the team to co-create their metaphors or refer back to familiar agile terms while keeping the structure. The key is the discussion, not the theme.
How do we avoid the session becoming just a review of problems?
Balance time across columns and make space to surface successes and new ideas, not just blockers.
What can we do when the same blockers appear repeatedly in Pit Crew Pit Stops?
Dig deeper into root causes, involve stakeholders outside the team if needed, and agree on targeted actions rather than generic intentions.
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At a glance
- Duration
35–50 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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