🏖️🌴 Beach Holiday Bash
Grab your sunscreen and surfboards as we ride the waves of our sprint, celebrating sunny successes and spotting sandcastles to build ahead.
Template Columns
🏖️🌅 Sunrise Initiatives
Kick off fresh ideas and energizing actions like a bright morning on the beach.
Base column: Start🚫🌊 Wave Breakers
Identify and halt practices that crash like unwanted waves.
Base column: Stop🌴🌞 Sunlit Practices
Keep the warm, effective habits that make our sprint feel like a perfect beach day.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A fun, beach‑themed sprint review that celebrates wins, stops setbacks, and reinforces positive habits.
When to use this template
Ideal after a high‑energy sprint or when the team needs a morale boost and clear action items.
How to facilitate
Gather the team on a video call and share the Beach Holiday Bash board with the three columns.
Start with Sunrise Initiatives: ask each member to write fresh ideas on virtual sticky notes without discussion.
Review each idea, discuss briefly, and vote for the top three to carry forward into the next sprint.
Move to Wave Breakers: have participants note practices that hindered progress and group similar items together.
Facilitate a short conversation on why each should stop and capture concrete commitments to avoid them.
Proceed to Sunlit Practices: collect habits that worked well and decide how to sustain or expand them.
Summarize the agreed actions, assign owners, and close with a quick virtual beach photo or fun GIF.
Pro Tips
Use beach‑themed emojis on cards to keep the mood light.
Set a timer for each column to keep discussion focused.
Encourage silent brainstorming first to include introverts.
Create a shared playlist of summer songs to play in the background.
Capture the final action items in a visual “tide‑chart” for easy reference.
FAQ
What if the team runs out of ideas for Sunrise Initiatives?
Encourage them to think about upcoming features, process improvements, or personal development goals; you can also prompt with “What would make the next sprint feel like a perfect beach day?”
How do we handle dominant voices during discussions?
Use round‑robin sharing or set a timer per speaker to ensure everyone contributes equally.
Can we combine this with other retrospective formats?
Yes, you can run the Beach Holiday Bash as a warm‑up before a deeper analysis like a 5‑Why session.
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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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