👻🏰 Luigi's Haunted Mansion Adventure
Step into Luigi's spooky mansion to uncover what's haunting our project. Shine a light on ghostly challenges, polish up your skills in the dark, and emerge victorious by capturing insights for success. Let’s turn our fears into fortunes!
Template Columns
✨ Ghostly Opportunities
Highlight the new approaches or ideas we should try that can help us tackle the spooky challenges ahead.
Base column: Start🛑 Banished Boos
Identify the habits or issues haunting us that we must ghost to achieve a brighter path forward.
Base column: Stop🔦 Captured Wisdom
Reflect on the practices and strategies that are shining bright and keeping us on the right track.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
Luigi's Haunted Mansion Adventure retrospective invites teams to uncover and address project challenges in a creative and lighthearted way using whimsical and thematic columns.
When to use this template
This template is perfect for post-project reviews, Halloween-timed retrospectives, or whenever the team needs to approach challenges with creative energy and a sense of fun.
How to facilitate
Begin the session by introducing the theme of Luigi’s spooky mansion and set the tone for an enjoyable and open discussion.
Explain the purpose and meaning behind each column: Ghostly Opportunities for new ideas, Banished Boos for practices to stop, and Captured Wisdom for effective strategies to continue.
Give participants a few moments to reflect and jot down their thoughts for each column digitally in their respective categories.
Allow team members to discuss their contributions, focusing first on Ghostly Opportunities, then Banished Boos, and finally Captured Wisdom.
Encourage open discussion to identify patterns in feedback, prioritize the most pressing items, and collectively decide on action steps based on insights from the session.
Summarize the findings and agree on key actions to carry forward, ensuring everyone is aligned on responsibilities and timelines.
Close the session by appreciating participants’ inputs and reinforce celebration of small victories highlighted in Captured Wisdom.
Wrap up with a light-hearted comment about being ready to tackle future projects bravely, having banished unnecessary boos.
Pro Tips
Encourage creative expression in participants’ comments to match the fun theme and foster engagement.
Use thematic props or images related to Luigi’s Mansion to enhance the experience and lighten the atmosphere.
Ensure that discussions remain focused and balanced across all three columns to cover all aspects of improvement.
FAQ
How do we ensure meaningful insights emerge from a playful theme?
While using a fun theme, ensure the discussion focuses on constructive feedback aimed at actionable outcomes.
What if team members find the theme distracting?
Reassure them that the theme is a tool to foster engagement and energy, and gently guide discussion back to meaningful insights when needed.
Can we use this template for non-Halloween periods?
Absolutely! The theme can be adapted to match any time frame; creativity is universal.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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