Retrospective Activity

Focus, Concerns, Excitement

Focus Medium Popularity: 1

This activity:

Helps prioritize areas for improvement
Identifies potential stressors affecting team morale
Highlights sources of motivation and excitement
Promotes balanced reflection between challenges and inspiration
Fosters transparency and open communication

Introduction

This activity helps teams reflect on key areas of improvement, concerns or stresses affecting their work, and sources of excitement or motivation. By addressing these three categories, the team gains clarity on current priorities and morale, while also identifying opportunities for growth and innovation.

🔍 Areas to Focus On

⚠️ Things We Are Concerned About

🎉 Things We Are Excited About

For the specific activity, the facilitator could use these points to describe the process:

The 🔍 Areas to Focus On column is for identify areas that need immediate attention or improvement..
The ⚠️ Things We Are Concerned About column is for discuss any stress points or concerns the team is currently facing..
The 🎉 Things We Are Excited About column is for share things that motivate or inspire the team and bring energy to the work..

TIP

Onboarding the team to the selected activity is important for a successful meeting. To learn more on what's needed to onboard your team to a retrospective meeting, read here.

Tips & Tricks

Encourage open, honest discussion, especially around concerns.

Prioritize areas needing focus for immediate action planning.

Use excitement topics to inspire future work and innovation.

Popularity: 1

The "Focus, Concerns, Excitement" activity is rarely used among Team O'clock teams. It seems that only a few teams use this activity for their retrospectives.

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