🧙♂️ Wizarding Workshop
Step into the magical Wizarding Workshop, where we conjure up insights from our sprint. Unleash your inner wizard to pinpoint what potions (actions) worked, which spells (habits) should stop, and what magic (practices) we should continue brewing.
Template Columns
🧪 Brew New Potions
Identify new spells, tools, or methods we should start using to enhance our magic.
Base column: Start☠️ Banish Cursed Spells
Share actions, practices, or habits that hindered our progress and need to be stopped.
Base column: Stop✨ Enchant Successful Charms
Celebrate and sustain the magical practices and habits that led to success.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
The Wizarding Workshop retrospective channels the team's creativity to evaluate practices, identify improvements, and build on successes in a magical way.
When to use this template
Use this retrospective after a creative or dynamic sprint to harness the team's imagination and energy while reviewing progress.
How to facilitate
Welcome the team to the Wizarding Workshop theme and explain its goals to encourage creativity during reflection.
Present and explain the three columns: Brew New Potions, Banish Cursed Spells, and Enchant Successful Charms, relating them to their real-world meanings.
Provide the team with 10–15 minutes to reflect individually and write ideas for each column.
As the facilitator, invite participants to share their thoughts and group similar ideas together to organize discussions.
Discuss each column in detail, prioritizing the most impactful points, and document actionable outcomes.
Wrap up by assigning ownership for actions or experiments, and hold a brief reflection on the theme's effectiveness.
Pro Tips
Engage participants by using magical metaphors and themes to enhance involvement and creative thinking.
Prepare some props or visual aids that relate to the wizardry theme to set the mood for the retrospective.
Encourage all team members to contribute reflections and ideas to ensure diverse insights.
Focus on actionable outcomes from each column to drive meaningful change.
Reserve time for a fun, thematic closing activity, like choosing a 'Wizard of the Sprint' for outstanding contributions.
FAQ
What if team members feel awkward about the wizardry theme?
Encourage a lighthearted attitude and focus on the fun aspect. Explain the theme is meant to stimulate creativity rather than be taken too literally.
How can we ensure actionable outcomes from this retrospective?
Summarize insights into specific, measurable actions and assign them to team members for implementation.
Do remote team members lose out on the creative aspect of the theme?
Not at all; implement digital enhancements and share engaging imagery and fun descriptions online to include them fully.
At a glance
- Duration
45-60 min
- Team Size
3-10 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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Use this template to run your next retrospective