🕌🍷 Spanish Holiday Escape
Viva España! Let’s explore our sprint like a journey through Spain, tasting tapas of success, dodging the traffic of challenges, and planning the route for our next adventure. ¡Olé!
Template Columns
🍃 La Brisa Mediterránea (The Mediterranean Breeze)
Share the wins and smooth moments that made our project journey as lovely as a Mediterranean breeze.
Base column: Wind⚓ Tapas Troubles
Reveal roadblocks, setbacks, or distractions that weighed us down like an overstuffed suitcase.
Base column: Anchors📸 Next Destinations
Suggest improvements or experiments for our next ‘trip’ to make it even more memorable.
Base column: ActionsAbout this template
The Spanish Holiday Escape retrospective guides your team through reflection by celebrating smooth wins, unpacking project challenges, and collaboratively planning for a better next sprint.
When to use this template
Use this template after a busy sprint, release, or when your team needs a lighter, energizing approach to reflection and improvement.
How to facilitate
Welcome everyone and set the atmosphere by naming your Spanish escape and briefly explaining the connection between the columns and the journey through Spain.
Invite team members to reflect on recent successes or smooth moments and add them to La Brisa Mediterránea to recognize what’s working well.
Shift the focus to Tapas Troubles, asking everyone to surface blockers, frustrations, or slowdowns that weighed the team down.
Move to Next Destinations by encouraging contributions about what changes, experiments, or goals would improve your collective journey next time.
Review the collected insights together, discussing patterns or surprises as a group to build shared understanding.
Prioritize action items from Next Destinations, ensuring they are clear, actionable, and assigned to team members.
Close by celebrating one big win and one commitment to improvement, reinforcing appreciation and accountability.
Pro Tips
Play Spanish music or share a virtual travel backdrop to energize the session and get everyone in the spirit.
Frame the session as a journey, encouraging storytelling to help surface richer feedback and make the conversation more engaging.
Remind the team to balance celebrating wins with discussing challenges to maintain positivity and focus on progress.
FAQ
What if team members struggle to share challenges?
Set a supportive tone, reminding everyone that it's safe to share and that discussing obstacles helps the whole team improve together.
How can I keep the conversation balanced?
Periodically prompt for both wins and troubles, and make sure every column gets attention in discussion and summary.
What should we do with many suggestions in the Next Destinations column?
Group similar suggestions and collaboratively vote on the most impactful actions to prioritize.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Wind, Anchors, Actions
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