The 3 Ls: Liked – Learned – Lacked
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[…]
Tagged: postmortem
The Peaks and Valleys timeline
The Peaks and Valleys timeline provides a simple visual language for sharing individual’s views on the ups and downs for a given timeline. It is an effective way for a[…]
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Futurespective · Retrospective
FLAP activity: Future direction, Lessons learned, Accomplishments and Problem areas
FLAP activity a great project/phase postmortem activity. You should run it as close to the end of a project/phase as possible–don’t wait or everyone will forget what happened. Running the[…]
Lessons learned quadrants (planning vs success)
This activity is great for seeking lessons learned after a big event. Setting up the activity: 1. Prepare and explain the Lessons Learned canvas. Running the activity: Please share your[…]
Energizer · Retrospective · Team Building
Empathy snap on big hitter moments
A great activity (ice breaker and data gathering combined!) that gets the participants guessing each other big hitter moments. Running the activity The facilitator or the group decides upon the[…]
The story of a Story
This activity target process improvement by analyzing a work item execution path (its story). I have used this activity for analyzing User Stories’ execution path. Please replace the word Story[…]
Thumbs up, thumbs down, new ideas and recognition
This activity is great for bringing up new ideas and for recognizing people and their efforts. And these notes will show up while still collecting the typical well / less[…]
Timeline driven by data
Timeline is a great activity to get the team retrospecting on events on a timeframe. This timeline activity is driven by data Running the activity Start by creating a timeline[…]
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