Retrospective Templates

Choose a ready-made template or create your own

A retrospective template is a useful tool to help teams assess the results and progress of a sprint. Providing a mean…

Went WellTo ImproveAction Items

Start Stop Continue (SSC) is a simple retrospective format that encourages team members to look at the positive and n…

StartStopContinue

Retrospectives are an important tool for identifying areas for improvement, promoting process improvements, and ensur…

LikedLearnedLackedLonged For

The sailboat in the image serves as a metaphor for the team; they identify the anchors that slow them down, the winds…

What is the wind pushing our sails that make us go fastWhat anchors are holding us backWhat rocks are ahead of us that risk our futureWhat is our ideal island destination

Mad Sad Glad is an example of an organization tool that is employed by a team in order to encourage discussion of per…

😡 Mad😟 Sad😀 Glad

The main idea is to pass the common retrospective dynamics like thumbs up and down. Including new ideas (team brainst…

👍Thumbs up👎Thumbs down💡New Ideas🏆Recognition

Having been started in Seattle in 2009, Lean Coffee is a new format of holding meetings. It is extremely easy to lear…

To DiscussDiscussingDiscussed

Norman Kerth created this technique and retrospectives as well.

What went well?What didn’t go so well?What have I learned?What still puzzles me?

Better known as the Starfish retrospective, this technique was developed by Patrick Kua with the intention of helping…

Keep DoingLess OfMore ofStart DoingStop Doing

Based on the story of the three little pigs and their quest for at strong house to live in.

House of StrawsHouse of SticksHouse of Bricks

Simple retrospective using a Speed Car metaphor. Engine - Things that are moving is faster. Prachute - Things we beli…

EngineParachute

Very similar to Mad - Sad - Glad, but a little more focused on the sentiment graduation

Happy :)Meh :|Sad :(

Silent generation for ideas, sorted by perceived urgency

Low PriorityMedium PriorityHigh Priority

In this retrospective, your team will use Harry Potter spells and artifacts to brainstorm and improve. Felix Felicis…

Felix FelicisBaruffio's Brain ElixirPetrificus TotalusTriwizard CupAction Items

Things that your team need to keep, things you need to add, things that you need more of and things you need less of.

KeepAddMoreLess

This retrospective template was inspired by the KonMari method, created by Marie Kondo and described in her book "The…

Brings You JoyThrow OutRecycle

This retrospective format is inspired by the series Game of Thrones. Your team should reflect on what are you great a…

The castleThe holeThe wallThe White Walkers

Share what you love, want, hate and learn from the iteration phase

I love ...I want to ...I hate ...Now, I know that

This technique consists of the basic retrospective template (What went well, Things to improve and action items), but…

KudosWent wellTo improveAction items

At one point or the other, we are all faced with difficult decisions that require taking immediate action. Sometimes,…

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