🌞🏖️ Summer Adventures
Grab your sunglasses and beach towels! Let’s reflect on our project journey like an epic summer road trip—celebrating our highlights, tackling roadblocks, and planning exciting next steps for smoother travels ahead!
Template Columns
🌬️ Summer Breezes
Share the uplifting moments and wins that fueled our summer adventure.
Base column: Wind⛱️ Sunburns & Detours
Identify the obstacles or slowdowns that held us back during our summer quest.
Base column: Anchors🍉 Packing the Coolers
Suggest improvements or new ideas to make our next summer adventure even better!
Base column: ActionsAbout this template
The Summer Adventures retrospective uses the fun theme of a summer journey to help teams celebrate recent wins, reflect on obstacles, and collaboratively create actionable plans for future improvement.
When to use this template
Use this format when your team needs a lighthearted, energizing way to review achievements, address frustrations, and brainstorm new approaches after a project milestone, release, or sprint.
How to facilitate
Welcome the team and introduce the Summer Adventures theme, encouraging everyone to approach reflection with a sense of fun and openness.
Briefly explain the three columns: Summer Breezes for highlights, Sunburns & Detours for challenges, and Packing the Coolers for next-step ideas.
Give everyone a few quiet minutes to add their thoughts to each column in Kollabe, ensuring all voices are included.
Invite team members to read and group similar cards together, then open the floor for discussion—starting with positives before moving to challenges.
Facilitate a focused conversation on the biggest pain points and ask the team for creative ways these could be prevented or eased next time.
Guide the team to prioritize action items from the Packing the Coolers column and assign owners to ensure follow-up.
Wrap up by celebrating shared wins, confirming agreed actions, and closing on an optimistic note.
Pro Tips
Lean into the themed language for extra engagement; encourage team members to use summer metaphors when sharing.
Prompt quieter participants with specific questions about their favorite moments or biggest roadblocks to ensure everyone contributes.
If discussions stall, ask the group which summer breeze they'd like to repeat or which sunburn they'd most like to avoid next time.
FAQ
What if the theme feels too playful for the team?
You can still use the template's structure and language but tune down the beach metaphors while focusing on the core reflections.
How do we keep the discussion productive and avoid it getting too social?
Use a clear timebox for each section and gently steer the group back to actionable insights if conversation drifts.
What if we have too many ideas for improvements?
Vote as a team to focus on the 1-2 most impactful actions, ensuring follow-through rather than an overwhelming action list.
Can we use this if our last sprint wasn't very positive?
Absolutely—the light theme can help soften tough conversations and lead to constructive ideas for change.
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At a glance
- Duration
40–55 min
- Team Size
4-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Wind, Anchors, Actions
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