🎲🔀 Random Rollout
Embrace the unexpected! Spin the dice of our sprint, celebrate lucky hits, ditch the misfires, and keep the winning rolls rolling forward.
Template Columns
🎲 Start the Roll
Identify new random experiments or ideas to kick off in the next sprint.
Base column: Start⛔ Stop the Bad Luck
Highlight practices that cause chaos or hinder predictability to cease.
Base column: Stop🔁 Continue the Lucky Streak
Keep the successful spontaneous tactics that boosted our momentum.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A playful retrospective that treats sprint outcomes like dice rolls, highlighting lucky wins, stopping unlucky habits, and planning the next roll.
When to use this template
Best for teams that thrive on experimentation and want to inject fun while still extracting actionable insights.
How to facilitate
Gather the team in a virtual or physical space and set a timer for the total duration
Ask each member to write down recent spontaneous experiments, lucky moments, and chaotic practices on virtual sticky notes, placing them in the corresponding columns
Review the Start the Roll column, discuss each idea, and vote on the top two to try next sprint
Move to Stop the Bad Luck and collectively decide which harmful habits to eliminate, assigning owners for follow‑up
Examine Continue the Lucky Streak to identify successful tactics, agree on how to embed them, and capture action items
Pro Tips
Use a random selector tool to pick a ‘lucky’ item to discuss first, keeping energy high
Encourage brief, evidence‑based stories for each roll to avoid vague praise
Limit each discussion to 3‑5 minutes to maintain momentum
FAQ
What if the team struggles to identify ‘lucky’ moments?
Prompt them with specific questions like ‘What unexpected win boosted our velocity?’ or ‘Which experiment exceeded expectations?’ to surface concrete examples.
How do we prevent the session from becoming just a game?
Tie each identified lucky or stopped practice to a clear action item and assign a responsible owner, turning fun insights into measurable improvements.
Can this format work for larger teams?
Yes, split the group into smaller pods for the sticky‑note generation phase, then reconvene to share the top votes from each pod.
What if we run out of time?
Prioritize the columns: focus first on Stop the Bad Luck and Continue the Lucky Streak, and defer any lower‑impact Start the Roll ideas to the next retrospective.
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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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