Retrospective Activity
Hero's Journey
Playful Medium Popularity: 4
This activity:
- Adventurous
- Epic
- Team morale
Introduction
Use this retrospective activity to align over what the team is pursuing. A fun and engaging template, where the team forms a hero squad and embarks on a perilous journey for glory. Set the tone by sharing what the adventure is, some work you have ahead, an organization wide transformation?
For the specific activity, the facilitator could use these points to describe the process:
- The ⚔️ The hero column is for talk about the people that are going through the journey and their role.
- The 📖 The guide column is for notes that describe any people, processes, knowledge that supports the team into their journey.
- The ⛰️ The cavern column is for notes that describe challenges that the hero will need to overcome to complete the journey.
- The 🏆 The treasure column is for notes that describe what are the wins expected once the goal is successfully reached.
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
This activity is great when starting a new project to promote collaboration and get a team to know each other better
Hero's Journey can be a celebratory activity when a project has just finished. The activity promotes building of a story around the recently finished project, which boosts team morale
Popularity: 4
The "Hero's Journey" activity is often used among Team O'clock teams. It seems that a few teams use this activity for their retrospectives.
Recap
Hero's Journey
Playful Medium
⚔️ The hero
People going through the journey
📖 The guide
People & things supporting the heroes
⛰️ The cavern
The challenges lying ahead
🏆 The treasure
End goals, rewards and achievements