🐾 Cat Chronicle
Welcome to the purr-fect retrospective! Explore how our team can stay nimble, curious, and resourceful, just like our feline friends. Identify areas to pounce on opportunities, scratch out blockers, and keep chasing our agile dreams.
Template Columns
🐝 Things to Purrsue
Highlight the new initiatives or practices we should eagerly start adopting and exploring.
Base column: Start🛑 Scratched Out
Call out negative habits or practices that no longer serve us and should be stopped.
Base column: Stop🎾 Chasing Tail
Praise the consistent efforts and actions worth continuing for ongoing success.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Cat Chronicle retrospective leverages a feline-themed structure to inspire teams to identify initiatives worth pursuing, habits to stop, and practices to continue.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective format after a major milestone or during regular team meetings to maintain agility and address areas for improvement.
How to facilitate
Welcome the team and introduce The Cat Chronicle retrospective theme, setting a playful but focused tone.
Explain the three columns: 'Things to Purrsue' for initiatives to start, 'Scratched Out' for habits to stop, and 'Chasing Tail' for practices to continue.
Allow team members time to individually reflect and add their items to each column.
Review all contributions as a group, discussing key highlights and ensuring everyone shares their thoughts.
Vote on the most critical items in each column to prioritize actions.
Collaboratively craft action items based on the prioritized topics and assign ownership if needed.
Conclude by reflecting on the retrospective’s process and gathering quick feedback to improve next time.
Pro Tips
Set the stage with a quick, fun icebreaker related to cats to engage the team.
Encourage concise but descriptive notes for added clarity during discussions.
Focus discussions on actionable insights rather than overly abstract ideas.
Finish with a light activity where participants share a positive takeaway using the cat theme.
Highlight connections between this retro’s outcomes and the team’s agile goals.
FAQ
How can we prevent the theme from overshadowing the purpose?
Keep focus on achieving actionable outcomes. Use the theme to engage but avoid indulgence in off-topic discussions.
What should we do with too many suggested actions?
Prioritize by voting and select the top ones to focus on while keeping the others on a backlog.
At a glance
- Duration
45-60 minutes
- Team Size
3-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective