⚡🔋 Power Up Your Project
Let's recharge our team's energy and supercharge our progress! Reflect on improvements, obstacles, and strengths to ensure our project is running at full capacity. Time to top up our batteries and spark some great ideas!
Template Columns
🔌 Plug It In
Identify new actions or strategies to energize our project.
Base column: Start♻️ Unplug the Drainers
Highlight activities or practices that are draining our energy and should be stopped.
Base column: Stop🔋 Maintain Full Charge
Celebrate the routines and behaviors that keep us powered up and humming along.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The 'Power Up Your Project' retrospective helps teams identify energizing actions, address energy-draining practices, and celebrate sustaining routines.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective when your team needs a motivational boost or to evaluate the energy dynamics in a project.
How to facilitate
Begin by explaining the purpose of the retrospective and the goal of boosting team energy to ensure optimal project execution.
Introduce each column: 'Plug It In' for new energizing actions, 'Unplug the Drainers' for eliminating frustrations or blockers, and 'Maintain Full Charge' for appreciating positive routines.
Allow each team member to silently add their thoughts to each column using sticky notes or a virtual board.
Review the entries together, grouping similar ideas and discussing their impact.
Prioritize actions from the 'Plug It In' column that have the highest potential to energize the project.
Assign responsibilities for the decided actions to ensure accountability.
Wrap up by reflecting on the process and sharing one energizing commitment each member will focus on.
Pro Tips
Set the scene with an uplifting analogy such as recharging batteries to spark creative thinking.
Celebrate wins and positive feedback in the 'Maintain Full Charge' column to build morale.
Follow up post-retrospective to revisit commitments and celebrate progress made.
FAQ
What if the team struggles to identify energizers?
Prompt them with examples of activities, behaviors, or practices that have previously sparked motivation.
How do I keep the discussion balanced between the three columns?
Allocate time for each column and gently steer the conversation to cover all aspects.
At a glance
- Duration
45–60 minutes
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective