RetroLift / Retrospective templates
Pick a format, see what to ask in each column, and open it as a live board your team joins from one link. Free, with no sign-up.
The team is a sailboat heading for an island — your goal.
Start - Stop - Continue3 columnsStart, Stop, Continue asks three plain questions about how the team works: what should we begin doing, what should we drop, and what is worth keeping?
4Ls Retrospective4 columnsThe 4Ls ask what people liked, learned, lacked and longed for.
Mad Sad Glad3 columnsMad Sad Glad starts from how people felt rather than what happened.
Starfish Retrospective5 columnsThe Starfish retrospective has five arms: keep doing, less of, more of, stop doing and start doing.
Rose Bud Thorn3 columnsRose Bud Thorn comes from design thinking: a rose is something working well, a bud is something with potential, and a thorn is something causing pain.
Hot Air Balloon Retro4 columnsIt’s a sunny day and the team is taking a leisurely hot air balloon ride.
The Good - The Bad - The Ugly3 columnsThe Good, the Bad and the Ugly separates ordinary problems from the awkward truths nobody wants to raise.
DAKI4 columnsDAKI stands for Drop, Add, Keep, Improve.
KALM Retrospective4 columnsKALM stands for Keep, Add, More, Less.
Went Well - To Improve - Action Items3 columnsWent Well, To Improve, Action Items is the default retrospective for good reason: three columns, no explanation needed, and an action column that stops the meeting ending as a list of complaints.
Three Little Pigs3 columnsThree Little Pigs sorts your work by how well it would survive a big bad wolf: straw is fragile, sticks could be stronger, and bricks are solid.
Speed Car Retro4 columnsThe team is a race car.
Pirate Treasure Hunt4 columnsAhoy!
Superhero Retro5 columnsEvery team is a band of superheroes.
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Start with Went Well, To Improve, Action Items or Start, Stop, Continue. Both need no explanation. Try Sailboat when you also want to discuss risks ahead.
Every few sprints is enough to keep answers fresh. Changing every time makes people spend the meeting learning the format.
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