🥗🍎 Fresh & Flavorful Feast
Welcome to our healthy food retro! Let's dish out the nourishing wins, zest up our knowledge, spot what vitamins were missing, and blend up fresh ideas for next sprint’s menu. Ready for a serving of agile improvement? Bon appétit!
Template Columns
🥦 Tasty Bites
Share the highlights and nourishing successes that fueled our team this sprint.
Base column: Liked🍋 Zesty Lessons
Let’s squeeze out what new recipes or insights we picked up along the way.
Base column: Learned🥕 Missing Ingredients
Reveal any vital nutrients or elements we didn't get enough of this sprint.
Base column: Lacked🍓 Craving More
Discuss the healthy options or improvements we wish were on our menu next time.
Base column: Longed ForAbout this template
The Fresh & Flavorful Feast retrospective uses a healthy food theme to help teams celebrate wins, share new insights, identify gaps, and brainstorm improvements for an even more nourishing next sprint.
When to use this template
Use this format after any sprint when you want to recharge team engagement with a playful, positive spin. It's especially effective if you want to stimulate creative thinking or foster team wellness culture.
How to facilitate
Set the scene with the healthy feast metaphor and encourage everyone to approach the session with curiosity and openness.
Invite team members to post their highlights and successes in the Tasty Bites column to celebrate wins.
Move to Zesty Lessons and ask everyone to share new skills, practices, or insights they gained during the sprint.
In Missing Ingredients, prompt the team to surface what was lacking or where they felt something important was missing.
Facilitate discussion in Craving More to gather ideas or healthy improvements the team would love to try in the next sprint.
Review and synthesize themes from each column as a group, identifying patterns or connections.
Collaboratively select a few actionable items to try next sprint and assign owners if needed.
Wrap up with appreciation and encourage everyone to carry the fresh energy forward.
Pro Tips
Encourage team members to use vivid, food-related language to make reflections more memorable and engaging.
If conversation stalls, prompt with specific examples (e.g., What was the most nourishing team moment for you?).
Consider rotating the facilitator so different voices bring new flavor to the process.
Invite the team to pause briefly after each column to let insights sink in before moving on.
FAQ
What if my team isn't into food themes?
Frame the theme as a playful device and focus on the underlying structure if needed—people can interpret the metaphor loosely.
How do we turn cravings into action items?
Discuss the feasibility of suggestions as a group and prioritize those that are actionable for the next sprint.
What if the same 'missing ingredients' come up every sprint?
Acknowledge recurring gaps and use them as signals for deeper discussion or to escalate as bigger impediments.
Can this retro format be shortened?
Yes, by time-boxing each column or focusing discussion on the two most relevant columns for your team.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
4 columns
- Base Format
Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For
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