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?
⚔️ The hero
📖 The guide
⛰️ The cavern
🏆 The treasure
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.
See how a retrospective works in Team O'clock
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
