🦁👑 Pride Lands Sprint
Gather around the savanna and reflect on our pride’s journey—celebrate the victories, learn from the shadows, and roar forward together in true circle of life agility!
Template Columns
🌅 New Dawn Beginnings
Identify fresh initiatives to kick off our pride’s next adventure.
Base column: Start🛑 End of the Dry Season
Pinpoint practices that hinder our pride’s harmony and should be halted.
Base column: Stop🦁 Keep Roaring Forward
Highlight strengths we’ll maintain to keep the circle of life thriving.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A themed sprint retrospective that celebrates successes, stops unproductive practices, and reinforces strengths using a savanna motif.
When to use this template
Ideal after a sprint where the team needs both recognition and course correction, especially when you want an engaging, morale‑boosting session.
How to facilitate
Begin by welcoming the team, explaining the Pride Lands theme, and setting a safe, collaborative tone.
Ask participants to silently add their thoughts to the three columns: New Dawn Beginnings, End of the Dry Season, and Keep Roaring Forward.
Group similar ideas together and invite brief discussion for each column, focusing on why items matter.
Use dot voting or a quick poll to prioritize the top items in each column that need action or celebration.
Summarize the agreed actions, assign owners, and close with a short team cheer or visual reminder of the theme.
Pro Tips
Start with a quick 1‑minute icebreaker that references the savanna to energize participants.
Timebox each column discussion to keep momentum and avoid over‑analysis.
Encourage the use of emojis or icons on virtual sticky notes to reinforce the theme and aid visual clustering.
FAQ
What if the team struggles to generate ideas for the 'End of the Dry Season' column?
Prompt with specific examples of blockers from the last sprint and remind participants that stopping harmful habits is a safe space for improvement.
How do we ensure action items are realistic and not just ideas?
After voting, ask each owner to define a concrete next step, a deadline, and a measurable outcome before closing the retrospective.
Can this format work for a remote team across time zones?
Schedule a shorter version within a common overlap window, use asynchronous sticky notes beforehand, and hold a live sync to discuss and decide on actions.
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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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