🪄⚡ Harry Potter Wizarding Retrospective
Grab your wands and step into Hogwarts! Reflect as magical wizards and witches, uncover spells of success, curses to banish, and charms to keep casting for project progress.
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✨ New Spells to Learn
Discuss the new practices or ideas we should begin casting to improve.
Base column: Start🧙♂️ Jinxes to Remove
Identify the barriers or bad practices that should be stopped and banished.
Base column: Stop🔮 Charms to Keep Casting
Celebrate the strong practices and habits we want to continue in our project magic.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Harry Potter Wizarding Retrospective transforms your reflection into a magical experience. Reflect on the past, identify areas for improvement, and sustain strengths through creative, wizardly metaphors.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective theme when your team desires a whimsical and engaging way to reflect. Ideal for sparking creativity in long-term projects.
How to facilitate
Begin with an explanation of the Harry Potter Wizarding Retrospective, describing how magical analogies will guide the discussion.
Set the stage by briefly reviewing the goals of the retrospective: learning new practices, stopping barriers, and continuing effective habits.
Introduce the columns: ✨ New Spells to Learn, 🧙♂️ Jinxes to Remove, and 🔮 Charms to Keep Casting.
Prompt the team to brainstorm ideas for each column individually, ensuring participants have time to add thoughts to each one.
Facilitate a discussion by elaborating on the input for each column, highlighting insights and identifying common patterns.
Summarize the findings and work with the team to select actionable items for the next iteration, specifying responsibilities and timelines.
Wrap up with an engaging activity, such as asking each participant to declare their takeaway using a magical term.
Conclude by expressing gratitude for the team’s participation and recapping the key outcomes.
Pro Tips
Encourage participants to embrace the magical theme – perhaps even provide wands or wear wizard hats for added engagement.
Share examples to inspire creative thinking before diving into discussions, like a metaphorical 'curse' or magical 'spell.'
Allocate adequate time for each discussion to fully explore all insights from the team.
Create an inclusive atmosphere by encouraging quieter team members to contribute.
Follow up after the retrospective with a summary of agreed-upon actions to ensure progress.
FAQ
What if not all team members are familiar with Harry Potter?
Provide a simple context and explain the theme in general terms to ensure inclusivity.
How can I maintain team focus while using a whimsical theme?
Set clear goals and intermittently restate them to keep discussions productive.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective