Goal:

• To analyse the tasks that the team are doing, in order to know which ones to boost and which ones to stop doing.

How to play:

• 1- Draw a 5-pointed star with 5 different areas:

  • a. Keep doing. It should contain the tasks to which the same efforts as the current ones should be devoted.

  • b. Do more. Tasks to which efforts should be increased.

  • c. Do less. Tasks to which efforts should be reduced.

  • d. Stop. Tasks to stop doing.

  • e. Start. Tasks to start doing.

• 2- Ask participants to write on sticky notes the tasks that could be assigned to each area. Each participant must stick the notes in the corresponding area.

• 3- Initiate a discussion among team members.

• 4- Ask the participants to write on sticky notes of a different colour, the actions to be taken to boost or slow down the tasks in each area.

• 5- Save a photo of the resulting starfish and share it with all participants.