Santa's Naughty Or Nice Retrospective

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Description

Bring the festive spirit into your team's reflection with Santa's "Naughty or Nice" Retrospective! This engaging format uses the iconic Naughty and Nice lists to help your team explore the past sprint or project. Celebrate successes, address challenges, and plan for improvements—all while keeping the holiday cheer alive!

How It Works

Preparation

Set up your retrospective with two main sections:

  • Naughty List: Identify areas where the team fell short, encountered challenges, or needs improvement.

  • Nice List: Highlight wins, successes, and moments of excellence worth celebrating.

  • Add categories to guide reflections:

  • Teamwork: Collaboration, support, and camaraderie.

  • Communication: Clarity, timeliness, and active listening.

  • Practices: Processes, workflows, and efficiency.

  • Tools & Tech: Utilization and effectiveness of tools or technology.

  • Festive Cheer: Celebrating achievements and fostering team spirit.

Reflect

Each team member adds "gifts" (notes) to the Naughty or Nice list under the appropriate category. Examples include:

  • Naughty - Teamwork: "Uneven workload distribution caused burnout."

  • Nice - Communication: "Daily stand-ups kept us aligned."

Discuss

  1. Start with the Nice List: Celebrate your team's wins and identify patterns or behaviors that led to success.

  2. Move to the Naughty List: Analyze what went wrong and why. Aim to uncover root causes.

Action Planning

Prioritize a few Naughty List items for improvement. For each, craft actionable steps or "toys in Santa's workshop" to address challenges and enhance future performance.

Wrap Up with Festive Cheer

Highlight key wins, applaud the team, and end on a positive, motivating note. Consider adding fun visuals like a "Coal-o-meter" to show the balance between Naughty and Nice items!

Why Use This Format?

This retrospective blends productivity with fun, making it easier to engage and motivate the team. It’s a great way to wrap up the year or infuse a festive theme into your regular retrospectives. Enjoy reflecting, celebrating, and growing as a team—Happy Holidays! 🎅🎄

Additional Features

  • Bauble Dot Vote: Use Bauble tokens to dot vote for the most impactful tickets on your board and design actions or experiments around these.

  • Rate The Retro: Evaluate the session from Coal Alert (Very Poor) to Gift Overflow (Excellent) to gauge its effectiveness.

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Dave Westgarth
Digital Delivery Manager@BJSS
Dave Westgarth is currently working as a Delivery Manager @ BJSS. He serves on software development, automation, cloud and AI/ ML projects across the spectrum of delivery approaches.
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