Star wars theme
Ice breaker 5’
Introduce the theme of the retrospective. Each attendee picks a piece of paper on which is written a quote from the Star Wars movies.
Goal
Each attendee must use this quote during the meeting when it feels it is the right time.
Quotes
“Your focus determines your reality.” – Qui-Gon Jinn
“Do. Or do not. There is no try.” – Yoda
“Somebody has to save our skins.” – Leia Organa
“In my experience there is no such thing as luck.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
“I find your lack of faith disturbing.” – Darth Vader
“I’ve got a bad feeling about this.”
“It’s a trap!” – Admiral Ackbar
“Your eyes can deceive you. Don’t trust them.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi
“Never tell me the odds.” – Han Solo
“Mind tricks don’t work on me.” – Watto
“Great, kid. Don’t get cocky.” – Han Solo
“Stay on target.” – Gold Five
Set the stage 10’
Play the theme of the movies during this part.
Choose your character
Each attendee must think about which character Star Wars character would best represent him during this retrospective, and explain why.
Gather data 15'
Light or dark side
Regarding the previous sprint, categorize things that happened.
Are they in the light side or in the dark side?
Generate insights 10’ – 15’
Exploratory mission
Send a pathfinder to cluster the sticky notes by theme.
Once everything is clustered, each attendee must dot vote which themes he/she wants to deep dive on (3 dots / attendee).
Split the group and make them work on the different themes in order to find improvement actions.
Decide what to do 10’
Define actions by character
Based on the exploratory mission results, define actions you want to tackle during the next sprint.
Categorize them:
R2D2 : courage
Padmé : diplomacy
Luke Skywalker : apprenticeship
Action Yoda : advice/help
Closing 15’
Jedi ceremony
For each team member, ask to the audience why he/she is a jedi for the team. Many attendees can answer.
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