14+ Most Popular Online Retrospective Ideas
There are so many ways to conduct an online retrospective and keep it engaging. But don’t worry — we’ve gathered a list of online retrospective ideas that you can try with your team to keep it fresh.
Take a look on 14 templates that have been used 922,699 times 🚀
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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
Speed Car Retrospective
Simple retrospective using a Speed Car metaphor. Engine - Things that are moving is faster. Prachute - Things we believe are slowing us down and we can change.- EngineWhat make us move faster?- ParachuteWhat is slowing us down? - 0 uses
Harry Potter
In this retrospective, your team will use Harry Potter spells and artifacts to brainstorm and improve. Felix Felicis! The good things that happened on the sprint. Baruffio's Brain Elixir! The things ...- Felix FelicisGood things!- Baruffio's Brain ElixirLearned!- Petrificus TotalusWhat slowed us down?!- Triwizard CupShout outs!- Action ItemsTake things into consideration - 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
Game of Thrones
This retrospective format is inspired by the series Game of Thrones. Your team should reflect on what are you great at, what are the current issues on the team, what could make you better as a team an...- The castle(What are we great at?)- The hole(What are the current issues/problems?)- The wall(What could make us a better team? )- The White Walkers(What are the potential risks/challenges ?) - 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
Six Thinking Hats
The Six Thinking Hats is an efficient technique that uses different points of view to look at decisions. It helps us see a different outlook from the usual styles of thinking to a more rounded view of...- Green Hat- Blue Hat- White Hat- Red Hat- Black Hat- Yellow Hat - 0 uses
The Elvis Retrospective
The Elvis retrospective is most suited to development teams (in the broadest sense of the word) as not all elements might apply equally to run teams or groups that simply have to coordinate their sepa...- Always on my mindWhat is, — or should be — top of mind?- A little less conversationWhat are we always talking about but do we not take enough action on?- Now or neverWhat needs action right now or should be dropped?- Blue suede shoesWhat should we not step on? Where should we be extra careful?- Devil in disguiseWhat danger are we currently missing? - 0 uses
More Better Different Less
Go through each column in turn More, Better, Different, Less and then vote on them.- MoreDo more of what is already working- BetterDo the same activities but do them better- DifferentReplace less effective activities with new ones- LessDo less of or stop activities that produce fewer results
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