Four Ls Retrospective
A retrospective framework using four prompts: Liked (what went well), Learned (new insights or skills gained), Lacked (what was missing or insufficient), and Longed For (what the team wished they had). It balances positive reflection with constructive critique and captures learning explicitly.
Comment l'animer
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Draw four quadrants on a board: Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed For.
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Allow 5–7 minutes for participants to silently add sticky notes to each quadrant.
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Go through each quadrant, reading notes aloud and clustering similar themes.
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Discuss the Lacked and Longed For quadrants in depth — these contain the improvement opportunities.
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Prioritise 1–3 items for action using dot voting.
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Assign owners and a timeline for each action item.
Conseils
The 'Longed For' category is often the richest — it surfaces aspirations that 'Lacked' might miss.
Don't rush past it.
Variantes
For training sessions, adapt to: Liked, Learned, Lacked, Next Steps. For project closures, replace 'Longed For' with 'Legacy'.
Contextes d'utilisation
Questions fréquemment posées
Quand utiliser Four Ls Retrospective ?â–ľ
Utilisez Four Ls Retrospective lorsque vous souhaitez: Sprint retrospectives; Training and workshop debriefs; Project close-outs.
Combien de temps dure Four Ls Retrospective ?â–ľ
Four Ls Retrospective dure généralement 30–50 minutes.
Pour combien de participants Four Ls Retrospective convient-il ?â–ľ
Four Ls Retrospective fonctionne mieux pour des groupes de 3–25 participants.
De quels matériaux ai-je besoin pour Four Ls Retrospective ?▾
Pour animer Four Ls Retrospective, vous aurez besoin de : sticky notes, markers, whiteboard or flip chart.
Quel est le niveau de difficulté de Four Ls Retrospective ?▾
Four Ls Retrospective est classé débutant — facile à animer même sans expérience préalable.
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