3 Undiscovered Agile Scrum Retrospective Templates
Are you searching Google for “Agile Scrum Retrospective Template”? Then you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’ll give you three novel Agile Scrum Retrospective Templates that you’ve almost certainly never heard of. If these three templates aren’t enough for you, at the end I’ll give you a recommendation for an article with 50+ interesting Agile Scrum Retrospective Templates.
But first, let’s start with the three:
Agile Scrum Retrospective Template
1. The Meme Retrospective 🤫
With the modern internet, memes were born. Meme faces are a big part of meme culture. In this retrospective, we’ve taken a fun approach to looking back at the last Sprint:
The Meme Retrospective: How the retro works
Random Icebreaker (2-5 minutes)
Echometer provides you with a generator for random check-in questions.
Review of open actions (2-5 minutes)
Before starting with new topics, you should talk about what has become of the measures from past retrospectives to check their effectiveness. Echometer automatically lists all open action items from past retros.
Discuss retro topics
Use the following open questions to collect your most important findings. First, everyone does it themselves, covered. Echometer allows you to reveal each column of the retro board individually in order to then present and group the feedback.
- Me Gusta: What did you like about the last sprint?
- 4 Real: When did you feel really pranked in the last sprint?
- I am watching you: What will you be on the lookout for in the future?
Catch-all question (Recommended)
So that other topics also have a place:
- What else would you like to talk about in the retro?
Prioritization / Voting (5 minutes)
On the retro board in Echometer, you can easily prioritize the feedback with voting. The voting is of course anonymous.
Define actions (10-20 minutes)
You can create a linked action via the plus symbol on a feedback. Not sure which measure would be the right one? Then open a whiteboard on the topic via the plus symbol instead to brainstorm root causes and possible measures.
Checkout / Closing (5 minutes)
Echometer enables you to collect anonymous feedback from the team on how helpful the retro was. This creates the ROTI score ("Return On Time Invested"), which you can track over time.
The Meme Retrospective
Agile Scrum Retrospective Template
2. The Campfire Retrospective 🔥
Who doesn’t like sitting around a campfire and letting their mind wander?
The only problem is that it’s best not to start a fire in your office. But that’s exactly why we created the Campfire Retrospective:
The Campfire Retrospective: How the retro works
Random Icebreaker (2-5 minutes)
Echometer provides you with a generator for random check-in questions.
Review of open actions (2-5 minutes)
Before starting with new topics, you should talk about what has become of the measures from past retrospectives to check their effectiveness. Echometer automatically lists all open action items from past retros.
Discuss retro topics
Use the following open questions to collect your most important findings. First, everyone does it themselves, covered. Echometer allows you to reveal each column of the retro board individually in order to then present and group the feedback.
- Warm fire: What made you feel good during the last sprint?
- Turned to ash: What didn’t work as expected?
- The shooting star: What do you wish for the future?
Catch-all question (Recommended)
So that other topics also have a place:
- What else would you like to talk about in the retro?
Prioritization / Voting (5 minutes)
On the retro board in Echometer, you can easily prioritize the feedback with voting. The voting is of course anonymous.
Define actions (10-20 minutes)
You can create a linked action via the plus symbol on a feedback. Not sure which measure would be the right one? Then open a whiteboard on the topic via the plus symbol instead to brainstorm root causes and possible measures.
Checkout / Closing (5 minutes)
Echometer enables you to collect anonymous feedback from the team on how helpful the retro was. This creates the ROTI score ("Return On Time Invested"), which you can track over time.
The Campfire Retrospective
Agile Scrum Retrospective Template
3. The Retrospective of the Three Little Pigs 🐷
With this retrospective, I have to admit that it is not one of our own creations. Nevertheless, I find this retrospective based on the fable of the same name really interesting.
The fable is about three little pigs who want to protect themselves from the Big Bad Wolf. To do so, they each build a shelter out of three different sturdy materials. The question is, how is your team currently put together?
Three Little Pigs: How the retro works
Random Icebreaker (2-5 minutes)
Echometer provides you with a generator for random check-in questions.
Review of open actions (2-5 minutes)
Before starting with new topics, you should talk about what has become of the measures from past retrospectives to check their effectiveness. Echometer automatically lists all open action items from past retros.
Discuss retro topics
Use the following open questions to collect your most important findings. First, everyone does it themselves, covered. Echometer allows you to reveal each column of the retro board individually in order to then present and group the feedback.
- House of straw: What do we do that is just holding together, but could topple over at any moment? 🌱
- House of sticks: What do we do that is relatively stable, but could be improved?\n 🪵
- House of bricks: What do we do that is rock solid? 🪨
Catch-all question (Recommended)
So that other topics also have a place:
- What else would you like to talk about in the retro?
Prioritization / Voting (5 minutes)
On the retro board in Echometer, you can easily prioritize the feedback with voting. The voting is of course anonymous.
Define actions (10-20 minutes)
You can create a linked action via the plus symbol on a feedback. Not sure which measure would be the right one? Then open a whiteboard on the topic via the plus symbol instead to brainstorm root causes and possible measures.
Checkout / Closing (5 minutes)
Echometer enables you to collect anonymous feedback from the team on how helpful the retro was. This creates the ROTI score ("Return On Time Invested"), which you can track over time.
Three Little Pigs
Agile Scrum Retrospective Template
Conclusion - 3 Undiscovered Agile Scrum Retrospective Templates
As you can see, I have put together three previously unknown retrospectives that can bring a breath of fresh air to your team. These three aren’t enough for you? - Then you can find our 22 most popular retrospective templates here: 26 refreshing Agile Retrospective Templates in 2026.
To quick start a retrospective, you can use Echometer where you can prepare an entire retrospective agenda in less than 1 minute. If you want to take a closer look at what belongs to my personal favorite retrospective agenda, you can read my blog article about it here: Easy to use sprint retrospective meeting agenda template.
