Retrospective Activity
Sailboat
Playful Focus Medium Popularity: 1
This activity:
- Encourages team members to reflect on their past experiences
- Identifying and addressing obstacles to improve future performance
- Encourages transparency and effective communication
- Structured method for discussing successes and challenges
- Promotes focus on actionable insights and next steps
Introduction
The Sailboat Retrospective is an agile retrospective technique that uses the metaphor of a sailboat journey to help teams reflect on their progress. It involves identifying elements that propel the team forward (wind), obstacles that hold them back (anchors), potential risks (rocks), and the ultimate goal (island). This activity encourages open communication and collective problem-solving, allowing teams to gain insights into their performance and establish actionable steps for improvement.
💨 Wind
⚓️ Anchors
🪨 Rocks
🏝️ Island
For the specific activity, the facilitator could use these points to describe the process:
- The 💨 Wind column is for Strengths, support, and positive factors that contribute to team success.
- The ⚓️ Anchors column is for Obstacles or challenges that hinder the team's progress, causing delays and difficulties.
- The 🪨 Rocks column is for Items that could threaten the team's ability to achieve their goals in the future.
- The 🏝️ Island column is for What is the vision that the team is striving to reach together.
See how a retrospective works in Team O'clock
Tips & Tricks
Encourage a culture of trust where everyone feels comfortable discussing both positive and negative aspects of the project.
Involve all team members in the discussion to gather diverse perspectives and insights.
After discussing the wind, anchors, and rocks, prioritize the action items that need to be addressed.
Popularity: 1
The "Sailboat" activity is rarely used among Team O'clock teams. It seems that only a few teams use this activity for their retrospectives.
Recap
Sailboat
Playful Focus Medium
💨 Wind
What's moving us forward
⚓️ Anchors
What's slowing our progress
🪨 Rocks
Potential risks and pitfalls
🏝️ Island
What's the team's ultimate goal
