Free retrospective templates Pick a retro format. Start it in one click.
11 formats, each with a guide to running it. Every one opens as a live board your team joins with a link: a warm-up question, a private brainstorm and action points, with no sign-up.
Mad Sad Glad
Give feelings a place: what frustrated, disappointed and pleased the team.
Mad · Sad · Glad
Sailboat
See what pushes the team forward, what holds it back and the risks ahead.
Wind · Anchor · Rocks · Island
Starfish
Sort your practices into five buckets, from keep doing to stop doing.
Keep Doing · Less Of · More Of · Stop Doing · Start Doing
Peaks and Valleys
Map the highs, lows and steady stretches of a longer period.
Peaks · Valleys · Plateaus
Speed Car
Find what drives the team, what slows it down and what keeps it going.
Engine · Brakes · Fuel
KPT (Keep Problem Try)
A Japanese staple of continuous improvement, short enough for a weekly retro.
Keep · Problem · Try
OSCAR
Review outcomes, successes and challenges, then agree on actions.
Outcomes · Successes · Challenges · Actions · Review
Which retro format should you use?
Match the format to the sprint you just had. You can rename or add columns before and during the retro, so no choice is final.
It is your team's first retro
Three plain prompts everyone understands
The sprint felt rough
Make room for how people feel
You have twenty minutes
Two columns, straight to what to change
You are planning what comes next
Name the goal and the risks before you set off
A project or a quarter just ended
Map the highs and lows of the whole stretch
The same problems keep coming back
Pair each problem with something to try
Things work, but could work better
Do more of some things and less of others
You want to check results against a goal
Start from the outcomes, end with a review
Questions about retrospective templates
What is a retrospective template?
A set of columns, each with a question, that a team answers together at the end of a sprint or a project. The template decides what the team reflects on: how the sprint felt, what to change, or the goal and the risks ahead.
Are the templates free?
Yes. Every format is free to run in RetroAgent, and neither you nor your team needs to sign up.
Can we use a different format every sprint?
Yes. Each room takes its format when you open it, so the next retro can use another. Under a team, every retro is kept on the team's page, whatever its format.
Can we change the columns?
Yes. Rename a column or add one, up to five, in the launcher before you start or in the room's settings during the retro. A card stays with the column name it was written under, so rename a column before the team writes in it.
Do participants need an account?
No. Teammates open the room link and type their name. They can sign in with Google or GitHub at any time and keep everything they wrote.
Still deciding? Try Start Stop Continue.
Three plain questions. Rename any column once you are in the room.