🍇🍷 Vineyard Voyage
Sip into our sprint as we tend the vineyard of our work—celebrate ripe successes, prune the vines of obstacles, and harvest ideas for a bountiful future.
Template Columns
🌱 Seedlings to Plant
Identify new practices or ideas to sow at the start of our next sprint.
Base column: Start✂️ Prune the Vines
Highlight habits or processes that are choking growth and should be cut.
Base column: Stop🍇 Harvest the Grapes
Keep nurturing the successful practices that are bearing fruit.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A vineyard‑themed sprint review that celebrates successes, removes blockers, and plants fresh ideas for the next sprint.
When to use this template
Best for teams that want a creative, metaphor‑driven way to reflect on what to start, stop, and continue.
How to facilitate
Set up a digital board with the three columns: Seedlings to Plant, Prune the Vines, and Harvest the Grapes.
Kick off with a brief ice‑breaker where each person shares a quick wine‑related metaphor for the sprint.
Ask participants to silently write ideas on virtual sticky notes and place them in Seedlings to Plant for practices to start.
Next, have the team add notes to Prune the Vines describing habits or processes that are blocking progress.
Then move to Harvest the Grapes, collecting items that are delivering value and should continue.
Group similar notes, discuss each column, vote on the top three items, and turn them into concrete action items for the next sprint.
Pro Tips
Use colored stickers or emojis to differentiate new ideas from blockers, making the board visually clear.
Limit each participant to three items per column to keep the discussion focused.
Assign a timekeeper to ensure each column gets equal attention and the retro stays within the timebox.
FAQ
What if the team runs out of ideas for Seedlings to Plant?
Prompt with questions like ‘What did we wish we could have done?’ or pull suggestions from the sprint backlog to spark new possibilities.
How do we handle dominant voices during discussion?
Use a round‑robin format or ask quieter members to share first, and consider anonymous voting to surface unbiased priorities.
Can this format be shortened for a 30‑minute retro?
Yes, limit each column to five items total and use dot voting with a single round to quickly identify the top 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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