5 cool ways to virtual retro's
- Richard
- Mar 31, 2020
- 2 min read
With the current crisis going on and everybody working from home, how can we make sure we still have effective, but also fun retrospectives?
Below I'll post some fun suggestions to make your retrospectives more accessible and engaging for your team. These suggestions are all doable in a virtual online setting, as well as in a face-to-face meeting. Just don't get lost in all the fun but remember to keep your eyes on the goal of improving for next sprint.
1. The dice roll
Google and many other websites offer free dice roll programs. Best ones are those which you can all see who rolled what. The game is simple, everybody takes turns to rolling the die.
1️⃣ tell us something positive about the teamwork this sprint.
2️⃣ tell us something we could work on about the burn down this sprint.
3️⃣ tell us how you felt during each day of the sprint.
4️⃣ tell us what we can do to improve our velocity next sprint.
5️⃣ tell us the best moment you had this sprint, work-related or otherwise.
6️⃣ tell us who would deserve a compliment most this sprint and why.
Of course you can start rolling with 10 sided dice and add more options as you please. This is just an example of how you could run it.
After each question, feel free to follow up with more questions or to have discussions about the answer. Because you do want to end up having a plan to do your next sprint better.
2. Drawing
Aggie.io and other websites offer a free drawing tool, where everybody can create drawings together.
The idea is to ask standard retrospective questions and let the team draw their answers. This is a fun way to let them express feelings without too much pressure. It's fun and easy, really accessible for everyone. And it's a fun artwork to share afterwards.
Again, make sure to follow up on answers to get a plan for your next sprint.
3. Graphs
Open up a spreadsheet and share it with everybody. This spreadsheet will hold several subjects and the ability for people to give scores to each subject for each day in the sprint.
For example, you have day 1 to 10 for the sprint and the subject is the product owner.
The scores that can be given are: Absent, Worried, Curious, Impressed or Pushing.
Let the team discuss why they gave which score where and have several other subjects and scores ready for them. If everything goes well, you'll end up with something like this:
4. Truth or False
Another fun game. Ask the group a question about the sprint, and let each of them provide you with a truthful answer and a lie. Next put all of those in a list, and let them figure out which are true and which are false.
5. Award ceremony
This is especially good if you need to motivate people. You ask questions like "Who's the best contributor" or "Who was the best collaborator". I'm sure you can think of more like minded questions. Next you collect and count votes, just so you can offer an award to someone. Trick is, that person then has to give a little speech on how he achieved said award. Great morale booster.
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