Guide

Welcome to QRetro — a simple and convenient tool for conducting retrospectives and team collaboration. In this guide, you'll find a brief overview of QRetro's main features and learn how to effectively use them to improve your team's workflows.

Main Features of QRetro:

• Board Creation: Organize team retrospectives with 100+ customizable templates.
• 7 Retrospective Stages: Health Check → Icebreaker → Comments → Grouping → Voting → Discussion → Results.
• Automatic Summary: The system prepares a concise retrospective summary without manual busywork.
• Real-time Reactions: Use emojis to express emotions during discussions.
• Health Check: Evaluate team health across 6 key parameters (interaction, tasks, support, vision, blockers, motivation).
• Icebreaker: Four games — Hangman, "Sprint in one GIF", "Draw and guess" or "Decoded" — to create a comfortable atmosphere before the retro.
• Games: The same four games in a room of their own, without a retrospective — players join by link.
• Action Items: Create and track tasks for process improvement.
• Voting: Automatic vote limit calculated as: number of cards + 3, but no more than 10.
• Surveys: Conduct team polls directly on the board.
• Planning Poker: Estimate tasks using Planning Poker.
• Integrations: Connect Slack and Telegram for notifications and sharing results.
• Timer: Set time limits for discussions.

Where to Start:

Browse the template catalog — every format opens as a board in one click. The most used ones are Went Well — To Improve — Action Items, Start — Stop — Continue and Mad — Sad — Glad. For prioritizing a long list of topics there is Dot Voting, and for an agenda-free session — Lean Coffee.

How to Use QRetro:

1. Create a Board: Choose a template or customize columns yourself.
2. Invite Your Team: Share a link or invite participants by email.
3. Conduct a Retrospective: Follow the stages from collecting comments to voting.
4. Get Results: The system will automatically prepare a summary that you can share via Slack or Telegram.

QRetro helps you and your team focus on improving processes, creating conditions for more productive and cohesive collaboration.