🛡️⚔️ Knight's Quest
Gather around, valiant knights! Reflect on our team's grand quest: celebrate victories, learn from challenges, and uncover opportunities to forge ahead. Let's ensure the next journey is even more legendary!
Template Columns
🏰 Glorious Victories
Celebrate the successes and achievements that strengthened our quest.
Base column: Liked📜 Wisdom Gained
Discuss the lessons and knowledge acquired during our journey.
Base column: Learned🕳️ Armor Dents
Identify the gaps or hurdles that hindered our progress.
Base column: Lacked🌟 Holy Grails
Dream big and share what could make future quests epic.
Base column: Longed ForAbout this template
The Knight's Quest retrospective invites teams to embark on a reflective journey through their accomplishments, lessons, challenges, and future aspirations using a medieval theme.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective after completing a significant project or milestone to engage the team in a thematic and playful reflection process.
How to facilitate
Begin by welcoming the team and introducing the theme of the Knight's Quest. Set the scene by referencing medieval quests and draw parallels to the team's recent journey.
Explain the four columns and their meanings (🏰 Glorious Victories, 📜 Wisdom Gained, 🕳️ Armor Dents, 🌟 Holy Grails), encouraging team members to use the theme while contributing.
Provide team members with a few minutes to independently add their thoughts to the template columns.
Review each column together. For '🏰 Glorious Victories,' celebrate team successes, for '📜 Wisdom Gained,' discuss valuable lessons, for '🕳️ Armor Dents,' reflect on barriers, and for '🌟 Holy Grails,' envision exciting opportunities for improvement.
Facilitate a team discussion to identify actionable insights from the reflections and prioritize them collaboratively.
Assign clear actions to individuals or groups, ensuring alignment and commitment within the team.
Conclude the session by reflecting on the journey taken during the retrospective and its outcomes. Thank the team for their participation.
Optionally, collect feedback on the retrospective session to fine-tune future meetings.
Pro Tips
Set a thematic tone by adding medieval music or a knightly story to start the session.
Encourage visualization by asking team members to think of themselves as knights sharing tales from their quest.
Limit each contribution to ensure concise and clear entries, allowing time for discussions.
Balance the discussion among all members to avoid over-dominance by specific individuals.
Designate a scribe or use visual aids to clearly display priorities and actions decided collectively.
FAQ
How can I maintain the theme without it overshadowing the discussion?
Use the theme as a light structure to guide the retrospective while focusing the content on concrete insights and outcomes.
What if team members struggle with the theme concept?
Provide clear explanations and examples tied to the project or context to ease understanding.
How do I ensure actionable outcomes from the discussions?
Facilitate the session to prioritize clear action points during the discussion of each column and assign responsibilities immediately.
Can I adapt this template to non-medieval themes?
Yes, you can adapt the column titles and theme while keeping the core structure intact to suit your team's context.
At a glance
- Duration
60–90 min
- Team Size
3-10 people
- Columns
4 columns
- Base Format
Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For
Tags
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