Activities and ideas for making agile retrospectives more engaging
This activity helps the team to identify errors, to understand their nature and have a productive conversation about them. It is especially useful for a team dealing with many errors[…]
‘The ball asks’ is a great energizer activity for people to get to know more about each other. Running the activity Start by holding a ball and explain the game[…]
Shock wave is a fun and quick energiser for a large group of people that can form a circle and give hands to each other. Step by Step Ask the[…]
The ARCI decisions matrix is used for deciding and documenting who has the authority to make which decisions. It is especially useful when establishing new teams work agreements. Step by[…]
The ‘Well, Not so well and New ideas’ is a retrospective activity commonly used to bring conversations about the positive notes, the improvements and suggestions. Step by step 1. Split[…]
Draw your feelings is a great check-in activity for helping people express feelings for a retrospective meeting. Drawing enables people to express their emotions. Thus, it is a good starter[…]
This activity helps on filtering and managing time while a group of people have conversations on several items of a (large) list. It is a good alternative, for dot voting,[…]
Fun Fact is a simple and great energizer to get to know more about each other. Basically people will anonymously write fun facts, then the group will try to match[…]
Your North is an amazing energizer to get some good laughs and to instigate a conversation about the group re-alignment. Activity Step by step: Ask everyone to stand up[…]
‘Easy As Pie’ is a good retrospective activity to look for improvements, to apologize for personal mistakes, to present new ideas and to recognise the good things. Running the activity[…]
The Isn’t that crazy energizer is amazing for getting people talking and collaboratively creating a story (usually a funny one). It fosters engagement and everyone participation while being very easy to[…]
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is a retrospective activity commonly used to boost conversations about improvements. Step by step Start by playing the The Good, the Bad and[…]
Guess my favorite song is a great team building activity to get people to know a little more about each other. Running the activity: Give one post-it and a sharpie[…]
This activity foster innovation and challenges the current activities performed by the team. Running the activity: 1. Start by reading the following quote “The world as we have created it[…]
The 3Ls is a great data gathering activity which emphasizes learning, one of the 3 Ls. The other Ls stand for: liked, and lacked. Running the activity: Split the canvas[…]
The Three Little Pigs is a fun retrospective activity that uses the Three Little Pigs story to foster a conversation about improvements for getting our structures more solid. Running the[…]
The LEGO® retrospective is a fun and stimulating activity that fosters a group conversation about feelings and future directions. Running the activity Place the LEGO® box at the center of[…]
Telos thinking is a futurespective activity to help a team understand, verbalize and affirm their ultimate goal. It is inspired on Ari Wallach´s Ted Talk 3 ways to plan for[…]
In my shoes is a team building activity to create strong bond between people, while exercising empathy and active listening skills. Running the activity 1. Divide the participants in two[…]
The Into the Graph Feasible x Useful activity provides a fast way to prioritize a list of proposed ideas or actions. By relatively comparing levels of feasibility and how useful[…]
