RetroLift / Retrospective templates / The Good - The Bad - The Ugly
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly separates ordinary problems from the awkward truths nobody wants to raise. The Ugly column gives people permission to name them, and the film reference keeps the tone light enough to do it.
What worked and should be repeated?
What did not go to plan?
What is the uncomfortable truth we have been avoiding?
The Ugly column needs safety. If people fear blame, run it with anonymous cards and agree beforehand to discuss systems, not people.
Warm up first with a free team game.
Yes. You can run it on RetroLift for free, with no account and no ads. Your team joins from one link or QR code.
Plan on 45 to 60 minutes for a team of up to about ten people. Smaller teams can finish sooner.
Yes. Everyone writes cards from their own laptop or phone, votes, and agrees on action items on the same live board.
The team is a sailboat heading for an island — your goal.
Start - Stop - Continue3 columnsStart, Stop, Continue asks three plain questions about how the team works: what should we begin doing, what should we drop, and what is worth keeping?
4Ls Retrospective4 columnsThe 4Ls ask what people liked, learned, lacked and longed for.