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Which retrospective template is best for your team?

We’re already aware of how retrospectives assist scrum and agile development teams to improve, collaborate, and progress productively from sprint to sprint.  But which retrospective template is best for your needs and team engagement? Below is a list of retrospective formats available for your use as pre-built retro templates, so you can get started instantly and gain value as quickly as possible.  Select any retro type to learn more about it or get started for free (no limit) and select the retro board of your choice.

What is a retrospective template?

Retrospective templates are used to structure positive and negative feedback after a project is completed or a working sprint is completed. During retrospectives, teams reflect on their ways of working and continuously improve their production by examining current problems and goals, brainstorming new ideas, and identifying what actions are required to make progress.

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Why do you need retrospective templates?

Sprint retrospectives are a great way for your team to reflect on the previous sprint or milestone, the work that was done, the goals achieved, and to generate ideas for improvements. A good rule of thumb is to switch up the format every now and then – repeating the same agenda is tedious after a while. The use of different retrospective templates keeps meetings engaging and fun and allows team members to provide their own reflections.

3 benefits of using a retrospective template

Using the retrospective template, your team can discuss the challenges they encountered during a Sprint to solve problems and improve productivity. A good retrospective template is essential for maintaining a well-structured and organized retrospective, empowering all team members to express themselves, and gathering feedback in a simple way that can be implemented right away as an action item.

Keep the retrospective organized

Keep the retrospective organized

Using our Sprint retrospective templates, your team will have a clear agenda for the meeting. The template is a tool that keeps you on track and brings everyone back to the central questions: What did we do well? How can we improve? What helped us move forward?

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Incorporate feedback from different perspectives

By using the retrospective template, you can cultivate an environment where every team member feels comfortable sharing their ideas. The retrospective template is also a great way to analyze why your team is not progressing and how you might improve.

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Boost efficiency and set actions

Generally, retrospective meetings are expensive since they require time and attention from a variety of stakeholders. The retrospective template will help you prepare for the meeting, keep everyone on task, and clarify what steps to take next. Using our Sprint retrospective template, your team has a structure to build on, so you can easily standardize your agenda but still update the retrospective project template over time.

How do GoRetro's templates work?

When creating a new retrospective board in GoRetro, you get to choose a template out of various popular retrospective templates. Once you choose a predefined template your board will be created with the template’s number of columns and respective names. You can then update the column titles, add more columns, remove and even change styling to adjust the template to your team’s flavor.

Can I create a custom retrospective template?

Yes you can! GoRetro’s simple and flexible boards can be customized to fit your team’s needs. When creating a board in GoRetro, you can either choose a predefined template, or choose a “Custom Columns” option.

To use your own template from scratch

  1. Choose one of the “Custom Columns” options and click “Create”. Your board will be created with the number of columns you chose, each column will be named “Column 1", “Column 2” and so on.
  2. Click on the column’s default name to rename it according to your desire.
  3. If you need more columns for your custom template, click on the “New Column”.

To customize a predefined templates

  1. Choose one of the predefined templates and click “Create”. Your board will be created with the template’s number of columns and respective names.
  2. You can then update the columns’ title, add more columns, remove and even change styling to adjust the template to your team’s flavor.

Suggest your own retro template

Do you know or use another retrospective format which you found has been very effective for your dev team and process? Please share with us, and GoRetro may end up creating a new retrospective template to help others.

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