The Energy Levels retrospective helps teams understand and optimize their collective energy and motivation. By visualizing energy as battery levels, teams can easily identify activities and practices that energize or drain them during sprints.
This format encourages honest discussions about sustainable pace, work-life balance, and team motivation. It helps surface both energizing elements that should be amplified and draining factors that need to be addressed.
Teams using this retrospective often discover practical ways to maintain high energy levels, reduce burnout, and create more engaging work environments. It's particularly effective for addressing team morale and well-being while identifying concrete actions to improve team dynamics.
What is The Energy Levels Retrospective
Full Battery
What energized you in the last sprint?
Encourage participants to identify activities, interactions, or achievements that boosted their energy and motivation. Look for patterns in what creates positive energy across the team.
Medium Battery
What took up the right amount of energy in the last sprint?
Focus on identifying balanced activities that neither drain nor energize the team. These often represent sustainable practices that should be maintained.
Low Battery
What drained you in the last sprint?
Create a safe space for team members to express their concerns about energy-draining activities. Focus on identifying systemic issues rather than individual blame.
Re-charge
What will re-energize you for the next sprint?
Guide the team toward actionable solutions that can be implemented in the next sprint. Focus on both quick wins and long-term sustainable changes.
Suggested Icebreaker Questions
- What's one thing that always gives you an energy boost at work?
- If you could eliminate one energy-draining task from your day, what would it be?
Ideas and Tips for Your Retrospective Meeting
- Encourage honest feedback by sharing your own energy levels first
- Look for patterns in what consistently energizes or drains the team
- Focus on actionable solutions rather than just identifying problems
- Consider both individual and team-wide energy factors
- Use the insights to adjust sprint planning and work allocation
- Follow up on implemented changes in subsequent retrospectives
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