Hot Air Balloon Retrospective

Francesco Attanasio
2 min readOct 14, 2018

The Hot Air Balloon is a data gathering activity for Retrospectives.

Use it when you want to…
think forward , with an eye on the past. It is a mix of retrospective and futurespective, which uncovers risks.

Length of time:
Depending on the size of the team, 90 minutes should be enough.

How it works:

  1. Introduce the Retrospective by drawing a balloon or sticking up a picture you prepared earlier. It is good to use symbols like sandbags to show the balloon…

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Francesco Attanasio

Agile/Lean Coach and Trainer. Professional Scrum Master, Certified Scrum Professional (CSP), Certified ScrumMaster (CSM).