The Zombie Apocalypse: Halloween Retrospective Format

Will your team survive the curse of Halloween?

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Zombie Apocalypse Retrospective Illustration for Neatro

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Zombie Apocalypse Retrospective Template in Neatro

What is this Halloween retrospective template all about?

This retrospective's level of difficulty is easy

Difficulty Level

Easy

On Halloween night, something terrible happens... The end of the world has come!!!

Well, not exactly. It's just a zombie invasion, and it should be contained to your team retrospective only. Phew.

Still, the mission looks very difficult. In fact, your only chance of getting out of this is to cooperate and fight as a united group. Will your team survive it?

What's the nice twist about this adventure?

Like any great warrior, each participant will have to enumerate and discuss lessons learned from the last iteration to become stronger. Then team members will raise ideas to strengthen the group for the next raid (or the next Sprint, or iteration - you got the idea, right?).

Let the resistance shine! 🧟

5 core questions for a great Halloween retrospective

The Bestiary

Identify the enemies we have faced.

e.g., a headless deployment script, ready to tear our guts apart.

Stop by the Gun Shop

What tools and techniques have proven to be very useful?

e.g., our checkpoint with marketing survivors gave us a better understanding of their roadmap.

The perfect plan... or is it?

Where and when did things go wrong? Why?

e.g., our support response time has increased significantly. Our own customers almost devoured us because of this!

The Survivors Diary

What lessons have we learned from our adventures?

e.g., our surviving developers and designers would benefit from working together a little bit more.

Unity is Strength

How can we improve our group dynamics?

e.g., take the time to highlight our team successes #OneDayAtATime

Why & when should you use the Zombie Apocalypse template?

This retrospective format will bring a good dose of originality to your next team meeting. Joining forces as a team to fight hordes of zombies doesn't happen every day, right?

Used as a Sprint retrospective activity, the Zombie Apocalypse will help you make a general diagnosis of your last work cycle. See by yourself! 👇

The team will first be able to identify the challenges encountered along the way.

Then participants will take stock of the tools and processes that have made their life easier.

Next, the team members will state why and how some things did not happen as initially planned.

Then there will be a sequence where the survivors - well, we mean, the participants - share the lessons learned from the last iteration. Finally, each member will suggest ideas to strengthen the group dynamic.

Use this retrospective idea as Halloween approaches... or anytime you feel you're ready for this adventure.

Because there's only one guanrantee: you won't make it if you're not strong enough. 💀

Where can I find the Zombie Apocalypse retrospective model?

The Zombie Apocalypse is a retrospective template imagined by the Neatro team.

We're convinced that your team will love the spooky Halloween atmosphere that this fun activity delivers.

You can try this retrospective idea with your team for free on Neatro. No credit card is required.

Your team members won't even need to create an account to join you and participate in this online retrospective.