💍🗻 Lord of the Rings Adventure
Embark on a journey through Middle-earth to improve our project fellowship! Share your heroic deeds, challenges faced, and magic to harness as we unite to build a project legacy together.
Template Columns
🌅 Begin the Quest
Identify brave new actions or ideas to embark on for our next sprint.
Base column: Start🛑 Avoid the Dark Path
Call out the habits or actions that need to be left behind, like getting lost in Mordor.
Base column: Stop✨ Forge the Fellowship
Highlight what worked well and should remain part of our shared journey.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The 'Lord of the Rings Adventure' retrospective engages teams in an epic storytelling journey to identify actions to start, stop, and continue, improving collaboration and project outcomes.
When to use this template
Use this format when looking to inject creativity and a sense of adventure into your retrospective process, especially when team engagement needs a boost.
How to facilitate
Introduce the theme of the retrospective, presenting it as a collaborative journey through Middle-earth and explaining how each column correlates to elements of the adventure.
Guide team members through reflecting on the previous sprint or project phase, providing examples for the types of insights to share (actions to begin, avoid, or continue).
Facilitate a brainstorming session where individuals contribute feedback under each column. Foster storytelling by encouraging the use of the adventure theme in their contributions.
Review the ideas together, grouping similar feedback into cohesive themes. Ensure all ideas are shared and understood by the team.
Prioritize actionable items from the reflection, identifying owners or next steps for each agreed-upon action.
Close the session by summarizing key takeaways and reinforcing the united team spirit, akin to a fellowship embarking on their next quest.
Pro Tips
Encourage storytelling to make the retrospective more engaging and relatable.
Use props or visuals loosely inspired by the Lord of the Rings theme to set the mood.
Keep the atmosphere light-hearted yet focused on actionable outcomes.
FAQ
What if someone isn't familiar with Lord of the Rings?
Explain the theme briefly and keep the focus on the reflective questions rather than the references.
How do I manage the balance between theme and productivity?
Ensure the theme enhances rather than distracts by keeping time boxed discussions for each column.
Can this template be adapted for other themes?
Yes, feel free to use alternate literary or cinematic themes based on your team's interests.
At a glance
- Duration
45 minutes
- 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