🎥 CCTV Command Center
Lights, camera, action! Step into the CCTV Command Center to review our team's development from every angle. Let's explore the footage, catch missed details, and set up better surveillance for our next sprint. Ready to rewind, pause, and fast-forward towards excellence?
Template Columns
🟢 New Camera Angles (Start)
Suggest new perspectives or actions we should introduce to keep our project under vigilant watch.
Base column: Start⏹️ Blind Spots (Stop)
Identify habits or processes that obscure our view and should be shut down for clearer project monitoring.
Base column: Stop🔄 Continuous Recording (Continue)
Highlight practices that consistently give us valuable footage and should be maintained for steady progress.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The CCTV Command Center retrospective uses the metaphor of reviewing security footage to help teams examine processes, surface blind spots, and identify fresh actions for improvement.
When to use this template
Use this format when your team needs to inspect processes closely, uncover overlooked issues, and refresh ongoing habits with greater awareness.
How to facilitate
Begin by welcoming the team and explaining the CCTV Command Center theme. Invite everyone to approach the sprint as if reviewing security footage: looking for missed details and new angles.
Review the three columns together so everyone understands what each represents. Encourage team members to think creatively about different perspectives.
Give participants time to reflect individually and add cards under New Camera Angles (Start), Blind Spots (Stop), and Continuous Recording (Continue). Encourage specificity and real examples.
Once cards are added, group similar themes and clarify any ambiguous inputs. Ask the team to elaborate on unclear points, focusing on specific situations or processes.
Facilitate a team discussion on each column, starting with blind spots. Identify crucial obstacles or habits and capture those with the broadest impact.
Collaboratively choose actionable items for the next sprint, assigning owners and checkpoints to ensure follow-through.
Wrap up by inviting final reflections—what surprised the team, and what are they excited to try? Thank everyone for their engagement.
Pro Tips
Frame the session with a fun, immersive introduction—set the tone by asking the team to visualize reviewing actual surveillance footage of their work together.
Use examples or storytelling to encourage sharing—teams often open up when they see vulnerability from others first.
Don’t rush the blind spots section; these often contain hidden underlying issues worth exploring deeply.
Rotate the role of 'chief surveillance officer' (facilitator) occasionally to bring fresh insights and perspectives.
FAQ
What if our team struggles to find 'blind spots'?
Prompt with questions about bottlenecks or recent surprises. Sometimes, inviting an outside stakeholder to observe can reveal what's overlooked.
How do we keep the discussion focused and moving?
Set clear timeboxes per column and use a parking lot for off-topic conversations, revisiting them only if time allows at the end.
Can we use this template for non-development teams?
Absolutely. The metaphor works for any group seeking better visibility into their processes, habits, or workflows.
At a glance
- Duration
40–55 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
Tags
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Use this template to run your next retrospective