Original, post can be found here: https://dzone.com/articles/using-story-cubes-and-liberating-structures-combo
How to Do a Story Cube Retrospection
Things You May Need
- A whiteboard
- Markers
- 9 cubes from the story cube set.
- Sticky notes for “1-2-4-All.”
Preparation
Create three columns on the board, like “Happy,” “Sad,” and “Action.”
Let the team roll the dice and pick them up one at a time. Every dice will have an image on the surface. Let the team members talk about the experience from sprint which comes to their mind while looking at the image. Make a note on either the “Happy” or “Sad” list. Repeat this activity for all of the dice.
Now against each happy or sad item, have the team dot vote on what they want to pick up to improve for the next sprint (my recommendation is to pick just one or maximum two, depending on your timebox).
Now for every item that is selected run a “1-2-4-All” session.
How to Run a “1-2-4-All” Session
Let the team members brainstorm over the topic individually and make notes on a sticky note for a full minute. Repeat the same activity in pairs (exchange the ideas in a brief manner) for no more than two minutes.
Repeat the same activity in quartets for four minutes, and do it one final time with the entire group sharing and noting the most suitable solutions around the topic for five minutes.
Note: you can customize the repetition based on your group size.
Once you have run the 1-2-4-All for the selected item, you will have solid actionable items derived by the team to conclude the sprint retrospective.
More ideas can be found here:
https://www.infoq.com/news/2015/05/story-cubes/
https://www.scrum.org/resources/blog/rory-cubes-sprint-retrospective
https://medium.com/@dymissy/effective-retrospective-with-rorys-story-cubes-72da2d389144