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Identify Key Themes for Visual Storytelling
Use this prompt after your retrospective when you have raw notes but haven't yet decided what story the data should tell.
From the article ChatGPT Prompts for Retrospective Infographics: 7 Prompts to Turn Retro Data Into Visuals
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Prompt 1
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Prompt
You are an experienced Scrum Master with 12 years facilitating retrospectives across teams of 3 to 50 people. Your strength is pattern recognition: you can spot recurring themes in messy team feedback and translate them into clear, actionable narratives.
Context: I just finished a sprint retrospective with a [team size]-person team working in [sprint length]-week sprints. We use [primary tools or tech stack]. The team's maturity level is [early-stage/established/high-performing].
Task: Extract the 4–5 most important themes from these retro notes and suggest a visual angle for each one.
Constraints:
- Themes must be recurring or high-impact (mentioned by multiple people or affecting velocity/quality).
- Avoid generic themes like "communication is important." Be specific: "Slack notifications during focus time fragment work."
- Surface one theme that surprised you or contradicted team assumptions.
- Rank themes by impact on next sprint, not by frequency alone.
- Output format: numbered list with theme name (bold), 1-sentence description, and one suggested visual format (e.g., "stacked bar chart," "comparison timeline," "fishbone diagram").
- Do not suggest pie charts. They obscure data.
- Do not recommend more than 5 themes; prioritize ruthlessly.
Input: [Paste your retrospective notes here]
Output: Replace before pasting:
[team size][sprint length][primary tools or tech stack][early-stage/established/high-performing][Paste your retrospective notes here]