🐱✨ Catventure
Gather around the litter box of ideas, celebrate our purr-fect sprints, and chase away the hairballs of hindrance. Let’s make our agile journey as graceful as a cat’s leap!
Template Columns
🐾🚀 Start the Purr‑ade
Identify new habits or actions to kick off our feline‑inspired momentum.
Base column: Start✋🐱 Stop the Cat‑astrophes
Highlight practices that cause scratches or chaos and should be halted.
Base column: Stop✅🐈 Continue the Catnip Wins
Keep the purr‑fect practices that boost our agility.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A fun, cat‑themed start‑stop‑continue retrospective that highlights what to begin, cease, and keep for a smoother sprint.
When to use this template
Use when the team needs a light‑hearted boost or wants to surface habits quickly, especially after a few steady sprints.
How to facilitate
Set the mood by sharing the cat‑venture theme and briefly explain the three columns: Start, Stop, Continue
Give each participant three to five sticky notes (physical or virtual) and ask them to write one idea per note for each column, focusing on concrete actions
Collect all notes, place them under the corresponding column on the board, and allow a quick silent read‑through
Facilitate a round‑robin discussion, inviting owners to elaborate on the most impactful items and grouping similar ideas together
Vote on the top two items in each column using dot voting or emoji reactions, then capture the agreed actions in the sprint backlog
Pro Tips
Encourage playful language but keep the action items specific and measurable
Limit each participant to three notes per column to avoid overload and keep the board scannable
After voting, assign a clear owner and a due date to each selected action to ensure follow‑through
FAQ
What if the team runs out of ideas for a column?
Prompt with examples or ask participants to think of recent pain points or successes; you can also use a brief silent brainstorming minute to generate more.
How do we keep the fun theme from distracting the purpose?
Set a short timebox for the theme introduction, then shift focus to concrete actions; remind the group that the cat metaphor is a framing tool, not the goal.
Can we combine this with other retrospective formats?
Yes, you can run the Catventure as a quick warm‑up before a deeper analysis like a 5‑Why or use its outcomes as input for a later action‑planning 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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