Retrospective Activity
Superheroes
Playful Medium Popularity: 1
This activity:
- Self assessment
- Team boostrap
Introduction
A great and fun retrospective to explore how each member (developer, designer, product owner etc.) contributes to the goals of the team. Identify gaps, opportunities, and align over the roles and responsibilities of every individual. Each member assumes a superhero role and describes that superhero on the respecting column.
💪 Superpower
🤖 Sidekicks & Gadgets
👾 Nemesis
🤝 Role
For the specific activity, the facilitator could use these points to describe the process:
- The 💪 Superpower column is for notes that describe the superpower for a specific superhero and how that superpower manifest on your team work.
- The 🤖 Sidekicks & Gadgets column is for notes that describe any tools and people that support a specific superhero on a daily basis.
- The 👾 Nemesis column is for notes that describe the biggest blocker that a specific superhero has, stopping or slowing down progress.
- The 🤝 Role column is for notes that describe the role that a specific superhero has in the team of superheroes.
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Tips & Tricks
As you add your notes on columns make sure to connect them with a superhero name to make the relation more obvious when reading notes
Superheroes can be quite challenging if you don't set the proper framework. It is best to onboard the team with an example to set the tone 'For example, Mark is Ironman! He is super rich, smart and resourceful. His deep knowledge on our field is both his Jarvis sidekick and his Nemesis blocking him thinking out of the box.'
Popularity: 1
The "Superheroes" activity is rarely used among Team O'clock teams. It seems that only a few teams use this activity for their retrospectives.
Recap
Superheroes
Playful Medium
💪 Superpower
What is your biggest strength
🤖 Sidekicks & Gadgets
People & tools that support you everyday
👾 Nemesis
What stops you from making progress
🤝 Role
What is your key contribution to the team
