📬✉️ Postman's Parcel
Deliver your sprint insights like a trusty mail carrier—share the letters of success, the stamps of challenges, and plot the route for future deliveries!
Template Columns
🚀📦 Dispatch New Initiatives
Identify fresh ideas and actions to launch in the next sprint.
Base column: Start🛑📭 Return to Sender
Highlight practices to cease, sending them back to the post office.
Base column: Stop🔁📬 Keep the Mail Flow
Reinforce the processes that keep our delivery pipeline running smoothly.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A mail‑themed sprint review where the team dispatches new ideas, returns problematic practices, and keeps the flow of successful processes.
When to use this template
Best for teams that want a clear, action‑oriented wrap‑up and enjoy a playful metaphor to categorize what to start, stop, and continue.
How to facilitate
Begin by reminding the team of the mail metaphor and the three columns: Dispatch New Initiatives, Return to Sender, and Keep the Mail Flow.
Give each participant 3–5 minutes to write their ideas on virtual cards for each column, focusing on concrete actions.
Collect the cards and group similar items together, then discuss each column, asking for clarification and impact.
Vote on the most important items in Dispatch and Keep the Mail Flow to decide what to prioritize for the next sprint.
Assign owners and due dates to the top‑voted initiatives and agree on how to stop the practices in Return to Sender.
Summarize the agreed actions, capture them in the sprint board, and close the session with a quick confidence check.
Pro Tips
Limit each person to three items per column to keep the discussion focused.
Use a timer for each phase to maintain momentum and respect the timebox.
Encourage the use of emojis or icons on virtual cards to reinforce the mail theme and boost engagement.
After the retro, send a brief email recap that mirrors a delivery receipt, confirming who is responsible for each action.
FAQ
What if the team runs out of ideas for a column?
Encourage quiet members to share small observations, and use prompts like “What surprised you?” to spark input.
How do we handle items that belong in more than one column?
Place the item in the column where its primary impact lies, then note the secondary relevance during discussion.
Can this format replace a full start‑stop‑continue retro?
It is a themed variation of start‑stop‑continue, so it works well as a focused alternative but can be combined with deeper analysis if needed.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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