Retrospective

“Perfection is not attainable. But if we chase perfection, we can catch excellence.”

Format: Hopes and Concerns The Hopes and Concerns format is a futurespective instead of a traditional retrospective. Looking not just at the last iteration, this formats helps to reveal other desires and possible concerns within the team. Why use this format? It can be valuable to use a futurespective format if you notice that the

Format: The Starfish The starfish is a good way to switch up the basic “what went good, and what can we improve” format while still sticking to the basics. It consists of a bit more stages, which enables to team to think a bit more outside the box. The starfish is a simple but very

Theme: Summer Holiday Nice tans or sunburns? Maybe someone spotted an ice cream truck… What better way to enter the summer season than with a summer retrospective format!  The Icebreaker To get everybody in the mood for this retrospective, the icebreaker is a fun exercise that also helps to get to know your colleagues a

Theme: Mowgli (The Jungle Book) Enter the world of Mowgly from the Jungle Book with this retrospective theme. In this format, we start with a lightweight icebreaker and after that go to the different stages of the Mowgli story.  The Icebreaker To get everybody in the mood for this retrospective, the icebreaker is a fun

Theme: The Sprint Planning This retrospective is themed on the Sprint Planning sessions of a Scrum team. The format “The Perfection Game” fits well in this exercise, but is not limited to this theme alone. You can use the perfection game format for various topics, so don’t limit yourself to only using it for talking

The Icebreaker As the icebreaker for the 360 feedback retrospective, I selected a fun and easy icebreaker to get people actively engaged and present in the session. Because the 360 feedback retrospective itself is a more challenging exercise, I used an easy icebreaker that’s also fun and not too serious.  “Post a picture or meme

The icebreaker The “Better, To Improve, Just Do It and Grateful” retrospective starts with a creative icebreaker: Post a picture or meme that describes your perspective on the last iteration. This is a general icebreaker that you can ofcourse also use in other retrospective formats as well. It’s a fun icebreaker that can really set