🌾🚜 Stardew Valley Sprint
Gather your tools and tend the farm of our project—celebrate bountiful harvests, uproot weeds, and nurture growth in this cozy retro.
Template Columns
🌱 Plant New Seeds
Identify fresh ideas and initiatives to sow for future sprints.
Base column: Start🛑 Pull Weeds
Stop practices that choke progress or cause bugs in our workflow.
Base column: Stop🌻 Keep Growing
Continue the habits that nurture teamwork and deliver thriving results.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A farm‑themed sprint retrospective where teams harvest successes, pull weeds of ineffective practices, and plant new ideas for upcoming work.
When to use this template
Best for teams that enjoy a playful theme and need to balance celebration, improvement, and future planning in one session.
How to facilitate
Set the stage by sharing the farm metaphor and explaining the three columns
Invite participants to add sticky notes to each column, capturing ideas for Harvest, Pull Weeds, and Plant New Seeds
Discuss the Keep Growing column first, then Pull Weeds, and finally Plant New Seeds, allowing brief comments on each item
Vote on the top items in each column to prioritize actions for the next sprint
Assign owners and define concrete next‑step tasks for the selected actions
Pro Tips
Use farm emojis on sticky notes to keep the theme lively
Limit each participant to three items per column to keep discussion focused
Turn voting into a quick ‘harvest’ round where the highest‑voted items become the season’s priorities
FAQ
What if the team runs out of ideas for the Plant New Seeds column?
Prompt with upcoming goals, future features, or ask each member to suggest one experiment they’d like to try in the next sprint.
How do we handle dominant voices during discussion?
Use a round‑robin or time‑boxed speaking turns and rely on silent voting on the board to capture all perspectives.
Can this format be shortened for a quick check‑in?
Yes, limit each column to three items, skip the voting step, and focus on the most critical actions for a 15‑minute version.
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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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