11+ Most Popular Kanban Retrospective Ideas
Want some ideas for how to run a retrospective in Kanban? Look no further. Here are a list of techniques for retrospecting and improving your Kanban project.
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Went Well - To Improve - Action Items
This technique is the most basic template you can use for your retrospective. It's very simple to use and understand. First, the team needs to brainstorm what went well in the previous sprint. After t...- Went Well- To Improve- Action Items - 0 uses

Start - Stop - Continue
Start Stop Continue is a great format to focus on the things that are working (continue), things that are not working (stop) and things that the team should start doing (start). It focus on the past, ...- Start- Stop- Continue - 0 uses

4Ls Retrospective
The 4Ls Retrospective model is an attempt to capture the natural thoughts that team members might have that can lead to continuous improvement. We naturally tend to think and share in terms of things ...- Liked- Learned- Lacked- Longed For - 0 uses

Lean Coffee
Having been started in Seattle in 2009, Lean Coffee is a new format of holding meetings. It is extremely easy to learn and to adopt. As with all other business operations, when the word “Lean” is asso...- To Discuss- Discussing- Discussed - 0 uses

Original 4
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? - 0 uses

Starfish Retrospective
Better known as the Starfish retrospective, this technique was developed by Patrick Kua with the intention of helping teams carrying out a job better understand what they did wrong and how they can ma...- Keep Doing- Less Of- More of- Start Doing- Stop Doing - 0 uses

Three Little Pigs
Based on the story of the three little pigs and their quest for at strong house to live in.- House of StrawsThings that could easily fall apart- House of SticksThings that are working but could be improved- House of BricksThings that are stong and stable - 0 uses

Happy - Meh - Sad
Very similar to Mad - Sad - Glad, but a little more focused on the sentiment graduation- Happy :)- Meh :|- Sad :( - 0 uses

KALM Retrospective
Things that your team need to keep, things you need to add, things that you need more of and things you need less of.- Keep- Add- More- Less - 0 uses

Love - Want - Hate - Learn
Share what you love, want, hate and learn from the iteration phase- I love ...- I want to ...- I hate ...- Now, I know that - 0 uses

Learning Matrix
After discussing the data from Gather Data The team members can add their input to any quadrant. One thought per sticky note. Cluster the notes. Hand out 6-10 dots for people to vote on the most i...- :)- :(- Idea!- Appreciation
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