Retrospective Templates
A classic retrospective for reviewing the results of a sprint or stage of work. The team captures what worked well, w…
An action-oriented format that pushes the team toward concrete decisions rather than abstract discussion. Participant…
A simple, popular method for Scrum Masters and their teams that captures both the positive and the negative sides of …
A metaphorical exercise that turns reflection into a picture of the team's journey. The wind represents what moves th…
Mad, Sad, Glad helps a team explore how it felt about the past sprint before moving on to the next one. By naming wha…
A light, balanced format that keeps the conversation moving between the good, the bad and the forward-looking. The te…
A meeting format that minimizes wasted time and boosts engagement by letting participants build the agenda themselves…
The classic retrospective that laid the foundation for every method that followed. Built around four questions propos…
The Starfish gives the team five degrees of nuance instead of a simple good-or-bad split. Across keep doing, more of,…
Based on the fairy tale, this retrospective sorts the team's work by how sturdy it is. The house of straw stands for …
A fast, democratic way to prioritize when there are more topics or ideas than time to discuss them. Everyone gets a l…
The Speed Car pictures the team as a vehicle racing toward its goals. The engine is everything that makes the team go…
A quick emotional check-in that takes the team's temperature with just three faces. Participants sort their experienc…
A focused format for turning a pile of ideas into a clear plan of action. The team sorts proposals into low, medium a…
A themed retrospective that wraps familiar questions in the magic of Hogwarts. Felix Felicis collects the good things…
KALM frames improvement around the value the team's practices deliver. Participants decide what to keep because it wo…
Inspired by the famous tidying method, this retrospective asks the team to declutter the way it works. Practices that…
A themed retrospective that maps the team's reality onto a fantasy kingdom. The castle is what the team is great at, …
An emotionally honest format that gives feelings a clear place in the retrospective. Participants finish four sentenc…
A retrospective that opens with gratitude before getting down to business. Kudos lets the team recognize each other f…
The simplest possible way to weigh a decision, a change or the sprint as a whole. The team lists the pros on one side…
A diagnostic format that combines a quick rating with focused discussion. The team scores the sprint on dimensions li…
A lightweight three-column retrospective for teams that want quick, honest feedback. Participants capture what they l…
DAKI gives the team four clear levers for change in a single view. Participants decide what to drop because it no lon…
A strategic format borrowed from business analysis and adapted for team reflection. The team maps its strengths and w…
A vivid three-part format that makes room for things the team can't simply fix. The good is what worked well, the bad…
A retrospective that borrows the familiar Kanban board to review the team's flow of work. Items move across to do, do…
Based on Edward de Bono's method, this format has the team look at the sprint through six distinct mindsets. Each hat…
A reflective format for looking back on a finished project or major milestone. The team gathers what it liked, what i…
A gentle, well-balanced format that gives equal weight to the good, the painful and the promising. The rose marks wha…
A forward-looking format best used at the start of a project, quarter or initiative. The team shares its hopes for wh…
A four-column format that turns reflection into a ladder of improvement. The team names what was good and what was ba…
A concise, exploratory format that blends feedback with curiosity. Participants share what they liked, what they wish…
A goal-focused format that ties reflection to objectives and key results. The team reviews its objectives, examines t…
A nuanced take on the classic what-went-well format that adds a middle ground. Instead of a strict worked-or-didn't s…
A short anonymous poll that measures how safe people feel to speak openly before the real retrospective begins. Every…
Also known as the Ishikawa diagram, this format helps the team trace a problem back to its root causes. Possible caus…
WRAP gathers four kinds of input that together give a rounded view of the sprint. The team shares its wishes, voices …
A four-quadrant format that captures feelings, ideas and gratitude in one view. The team notes what made it smile, wh…
A project-management format that puts the spotlight on what could derail delivery. The team logs its risks, the assum…
A reflective format that moves from observation straight to ownership of change. The team names what it liked and wha…
A reflective format that examines how the team and its members spend their most limited resource — time. Participants…
A retrospective built around continuous improvement and an empathetic team culture. Alongside the usual reflection on…
A festive retrospective that borrows the spirit of A Christmas Carol. Christmas Past reflects on what could have gone…
A learning-focused format that adds a forward-looking twist to the classic review. The team reflects on what went wel…
A spooky, themed retrospective that walks the team through the full retro flow in costume. Halloween Treats set the s…
One of the simplest and fastest retrospective formats there is. The plus column collects everything going well that s…
A check-in format that focuses on the team's energy rather than its tasks. Participants place themselves between full…
A vivid metaphor that describes the sprint as a weather forecast. Stormy stands for the turbulent issues, rainy for t…
An opening activity that gauges how people feel about being in the retrospective itself. Anonymously, everyone places…
A strengths-based alternative to SWOT that keeps the conversation positive and ambitious. The team examines its stren…
A forward-looking format that imagines failure before it happens. The team pretends the project has already failed an…
