Sailboat Retrospective for Beginners: Island, Wind, Anchor, Rocks, and Your Next 2 Weeks

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Sailboat Retrospective for Beginners: Island, Wind, Anchor, Rocks, and Your Next 2 Weeks

A beginner's sailboat retrospective template for teams of 4 to 7 to place the island (goal), wind, anchors, and rocks at each two-week checkpoint and plan the next two weeks. The whiteboard has four pages. Page 1 sets the island and what arriving looks like, then checks the journey so far and last time's actions. Page 2 places wind, anchor, and rock notes in four zones. Page 3 narrows five anchors and rocks to one anchor to remove and one rock to avoid. Page 4 sets next actions and the next checkpoint date. The task board has five columns, from Topics to discuss to Done, with four parent tasks, one per page, and three subtasks each. First everyone adds notes, then you compare by impact and by how much you can change, then decide what, who, and by when. Checking last time's actions each session makes every next step easier to pick.

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① Target island (goal for this period) ② This period (start and checkpoint d... ③ Arrival picture (in a form you can ... ④ From the start to now (events in or... ⑤ Check of the actions set at the las... ⑥ The four zones of the sailboat (eve... Wind (tailwind) = what has pushed you... Island (goal) = the picture you want ... Anchor (drag) = what has held you back Rock (danger ahead) = what may hold y... ⑦ Did you get closer to the island? (... ⑧ Compare five anchors and rocks (pic... ⑨ Anchor to remove (reason and idea) ⑩ Rock to avoid (reason and idea) ⑪ Skipped items (look again at the ne... ⑫ Actions for the next two weeks (fro... ⑬ Check-ins until the next checkpoint ⑭ Next checkpoint date and what to bring Sailboat Retrospe... How to use (4 pag... Island, goal, arr... Decisions, owners... Anchors and rocks... Wind and insights 1/4 Draw your target ... Ctrl+F / ⌘F : 2/4... → 2/4 2/4 Place wind, ancho... ↙ 3/4 e.g. Publish the sign-up page and get the first 10 people using it Write the goal in one sentence. Keep to one island Make sure everyone on the team reads the same sentence If unsure, copy the goal you set two weeks ago e.g. Start Oct 1 → checkpoint Oct 14 (two weeks) e.g. Retrospective time is 60 minutes e.g. Facilitator ____ / Note-taker ____ Splitting every two weeks on the same weekday is easier to keep up e.g. Picture 1 The sign-up page is published e.g. Picture 2 10 people have signed up and used it at least once e.g. Picture 3 Inquiries are answered within one day Up to four pictures. Write numbers or events, and use them in ⑥ and ⑦ First half of week 1e.g. A draft of the screen is doneDecided how to split the work Second half of week 1e.g. Stopped for 2 days waiting for approvalMore text rewrites came up First half of week 2e.g. Published the page3 people signed up Second half of week 2e.g. 5 inquiries came inSome replies were late Done? Did it work? What next? Last action 1 e.g. Done. Took 15 minutes each morning to talk about blockers e.g. Worked. Could talk about problems the same day e.g. Keep going Last action 2 e.g. Half. Planned twice a week but did it once e.g. Not sure yet. Watch the next two weeks too e.g. Change the frequency to once a week Last action 3 e.g. Not done. No owner had been decided e.g. Not sure yet e.g. Add it to the anchors in ⑥ as a note and decide whether to redo it 縦軸: Pushing forwa... e.g. A 15-minute morning chat about blockers. Think back over the past two weeks and add your own notes here. Do not write new notes. Copy the arrival pictures from ③ here. e.g. Picture 2 10 people have signed up and used it at least once e.g. Work stopped for 2 days waiting for approval. Write events rather than people, and add your own notes here. e.g. Next week two people are off, so inquiries go unanswered. Add what may happen in the next two weeks. Closer / no chang... The fact that sho... Related note in ⑥ Picture 1 e.g. Closer e.g. Published the page on Oct 8 e.g. Wind "15 minutes in the morning" Picture 2 e.g. No change e.g. 3 people signed up, short of the goal of 10 e.g. Anchor "waiting for approval" Picture 3 e.g. Moved away e.g. Replies took 2 days on 3 occasions e.g. Rock "two people off" Picture 4 Leave empty if there are only three pictures 3/4 Pick anchor and rock → 4/4 4/4 Set the next course Anchor or rock an... Can we change it?... Narrow down / Skip Candidate 1 e.g. Anchor "waiting for approval" High e.g. High. We can change how we make requests e.g. Narrow down (to ⑨) Candidate 2 e.g. Rock "two people off" High e.g. Medium. The time off cannot move, but the split of work can change e.g. Narrow down (to ⑩) Candidate 3 e.g. Anchor "rewriting text" Medium e.g. Medium e.g. Skip (to ⑪) Candidate 4 e.g. Rock "bringing next week's deadline forward" Low e.g. Low. Another team sets the deadline e.g. Skip (to ⑪) Candidate 5 Leave empty if you have fewer than five candidates e.g. Anchor to remove: work stops for 2 days waiting for approval e.g. Reason: high impact, and we can change how we make requests e.g. Idea: send approval requests together at 10 every morning e.g. Rock to avoid: next week two people are off and inquiries go unanswered e.g. Reason: it moves us away from picture 3 (reply within one day) e.g. Idea: before the time off, write three reply templates and take turns replying Skipped anchors and rockse.g. More text rewrites came up (medium impact) Why we skipped theme.g. This time we put ⑨ and ⑩ first. If it comes up again, we pick it What to look at next timee.g. Count the rewrites for two weeks What Who By when How to check it w... Action to remove ... e.g. Send approval requests together at 10 every morning e.g. Owner: ____ e.g. Every day starting tomorrow e.g. Count the days spent waiting for approval Action to avoid t... e.g. Write three reply templates and make a rotation e.g. Owner: ____ e.g. By the day before the time off e.g. Check how long replies take Action to strengt... e.g. Keep sharing for 15 minutes each morning e.g. Everyone e.g. Until the next checkpoint e.g. Count how often blockers got talked through Preparing the che... e.g. Collect the results of the actions written in ⑤ e.g. Facilitator: ____ e.g. By the day before the checkpoint e.g. Everything to bring in ⑭ is ready TodayTurn the actions in ⑫ into tasksRead out owners and deadlines End of week 1e.g. In the 15 minutes each morning,each person spends 30 seconds on how their action is going Middle of week 2If an action looks late,the owner tells the facilitator and you split it again Checkpoint dayWrite the results in the ⑤ tableand start the next retrospective on a new board Next checkpoint datee.g. Oct 28, 60 minutesFacilitator: ____ What to bringe.g. Results of the actions in ⑫ (as numbers or events) At the end of todaye.g. Read out what was decided and confirm it together → 2/4 Place wind, ancho... ↙ 3/4 Pick anchor and rock → 4/4 Set the next course
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Task board contents

Topics to discuss 16 items

Draw your island
Place your notes
Pick what to fix
Set the next course
Island and dates
Describe arrival
Review last actions
Add wind, anchors
Add rock notes
Check progress
Compare five items
Choose two items
Keep skipped items
Assign owner, date
Plan the check-ins
Set checkpoint date

Discussing now 0 items

In progress (2 weeks) 0 items

Check at checkpoint 0 items

Done 0 items

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