🦖 Jurassic Park Chronicles
Welcome to Jurassic Park! Safeguard our projects like raptor handlers, avoiding chaos and finding the DNA of success. Unearth the fossils of trouble, nurture what's thriving, and prevent unnecessary bites. Let’s ensure our journey in the park is as thrilling as it is safe.
Template Columns
🦕 Dino Discoveries
Identify new opportunities and practices we should begin to make our park (project) thrive.
Base column: Start🦖 Prehistoric Pitfalls
Recognize the challenges or behaviors we need to leave behind before they turn into disasters.
Base column: Stop🌴 Thriving Ecosystems
Highlight what’s working in our park (project) that we should continue nurturing.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Jurassic Park Chronicles retrospective helps teams reflect on opportunities, challenges, and ongoing successes metaphorically linked to the Jurassic theme.
When to use this template
Use this template after project milestones or problem-solving sprints to ensure effective practices are adopted, challenges addressed, and successful elements nurtured.
How to facilitate
Welcome the team and introduce the Jurassic Park theme to set a relaxed and creative tone for the session.
Review the column purposes so participants understand each section's focus: new practices (Dino Discoveries), challenges to overcome (Prehistoric Pitfalls), and ongoing successes to nurture (Thriving Ecosystems).
Allocate 10-15 minutes for participants to add their notes to each column, ensuring each idea is aligned with the Jurassic metaphor to encourage creativity.
Facilitate a discussion for each column, exploring key insights, grouping similar points, and identifying relevant actions.
Collaboratively prioritize actions from the insights gathered and assign ownership to follow up items.
Conclude by summarizing the discussion, celebrating the creativity involved, and reiterating the next steps.
Pro Tips
Encourage the team to use Jurassic-related metaphors and language to maintain a light-hearted yet engaging tone.
Use thematic visuals or music to enhance the immersive experience of the retrospective.
Prompt less vocal team members to contribute insights to ensure balanced participation.
FAQ
What if the team isn’t familiar with the Jurassic theme?
Provide brief context and explain the metaphor, ensuring everyone can engage and participate.
How do I manage extensive discussions during the session?
Set specific time limits for each section to keep the retrospective focused and productive.
What actions should we prioritize after the retrospective?
Focus on feasible actions likely to have the most impact on the team's workflow or project success.
At a glance
- Duration
45-60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective