🍜 Miso Ramen Retrospective
Welcome to the Miso Ramen Retrospective! Let’s cook up success by mixing fresh ideas, removing bitter flavors, and simmering what works into a perfect team recipe. Get your bowls ready—let’s savor our project’s journey!
Template Columns
🌱 Fresh Ingredients to Add
Suggest new actions or practices to enhance our miso ramen (project) recipe.
Base column: Start🚫 Overcooked Noodles
Identify habits or obstacles that have become too chewy and should be removed from our process.
Base column: Stop🍥 Savory Flavors to Keep
Share practices that have added delicious flavor and should continue simmering in our project.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Miso Ramen Retrospective blends fun food metaphors with structured reflection to help teams add fresh ideas, retire stale habits, and keep successful practices.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective to spice up regular reviews, especially when the team seeks creativity or needs to revisit what truly adds value to their workflow.
How to facilitate
Introduce the theme and purpose, encouraging everyone to approach the session with openness and creativity.
Briefly review the three columns: Fresh Ingredients to Add, Overcooked Noodles, and Savory Flavors to Keep, clarifying what each represents.
Ask team members to reflect silently and add their notes to each column using real examples from the recent sprint or project phase.
Invite the team to group similar notes within each column, discussing any needed clarifications or combining overlapping ideas.
Facilitate a discussion for each column: start with Fresh Ingredients to brainstorm improvements, move to Overcooked Noodles to identify and agree on what to stop, and end on Savory Flavors to appreciate ongoing successes.
Collaboratively prioritize actions or changes, capturing owners and next steps to ensure follow-through.
Wrap up by summarizing key insights and inviting feedback on the retrospective process itself.
Pro Tips
Encourage storytelling—ask people to relate notes back to real project moments for richer insights.
Use a timer for reflection and grouping phases to keep things moving and avoid discussion bottlenecks.
Prompt quieter team members with open questions or by inviting anonymous input prior to the meeting if needed.
Relate each column to a part of a real ramen recipe for added engagement and laughter.
FAQ
How can I keep the team focused with a fun-themed retrospective?
Explain the purpose behind the food metaphors early. Gently steer discussions back on track if theme-related jokes start to dominate.
What if we run out of time for action planning?
Set a hard stop for the idea generation step and dedicate the last 10–15 minutes for concrete action discussion, ensuring priorities are captured.
How do I handle dominant voices during the reflection phase?
Use silent note writing first, then call on quieter team members during group discussion or leverage anonymous input for equity.
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At a glance
- Duration
30–45 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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