Retrospective

The “Build your own Scrum Master” retrospective format was initially made by Carsten Lützen: Build Your Own Scrum Master with Carsten Lützen – YouTube. Jan-Willen Rutten made a modification by adding a 4th category to it. You can read the full explenation of the format on this post from Jan-Willem: (3) How to: Build Your […]

One thing retrospective The “one thing” retrospective format is a very simple but effective way to have the team reflect on the things that make them happy in the team, and also on what they would still like to improve. The focus is broader than just one sprint. The Icebreaker The suggested icebreaker for this

Start, stop, continue The start, stop, continue retrospective format can be used on two ways: Focus on the last sprint Focus on the team’s way of working in general, or over a longer period of time This format allows the team to think about what is going well, the things that might not be helping

Three Little Piglets retrospective The Three Little Piglets retrospective is a good way to reflect on things that are going well in the team, are stable, and on the things are less stable or and/or risks. It highlights the areas that the team should focus on next to stabilize the way of working and/or product

The sailboat retrospective The sailboat retrospective is a good format to use when you want to reflect on your progress towards a specific goal. This goal can be product- or process related. The Icebreaker For this template, we selected a fun icebreaker: share a picture of meme that explains the last iteration to you. You

Went well & Improve The went well & improve is a basic, easy and lightweight retro format that can be used in any sprint, project or release retrospective. It enables the team to think about what went well in the previous iteration and what can be improved in the next one. The Icebreaker The icebreaker

This template was originally made by The Virtual Agile Coach.

Start, stop, continue, more, less The start, stop, continue, more, less retrospective format can be used on two ways: Focus on the last sprint Focus on the team’s way of working in general, or over a longer period of time This format allows the team to think about what is going well, the things that

What went well, challenges, what did we learn and want to learn This retrospective format is designed to have a look at both the good and challenging things from the last sprint, and also look at continuous learning: what did the team learn last sprint, and what are things that we would like to learn