3 Exciting Sprint Retrospectives Templates Free
Are you looking for “Sprint Retrospective Templates Free”? Look no further, because you’ve come to the right place. In this article, I’ll give you some examples of sprint retrospectives you can use for your next retrospective:
Sprint Retrospectives Templates Free
1. The sailboat retrospective ⛵️:
First, let’s use a metaphor, in this case the sailboat, to make the retrospective interesting. Think of your team or your last sprint as a sailboat.
Sailboat 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.
- ⚓️ Your anchor: What holds us back?
- 🦈🧊 Your shark/iceberg: Which dangers or obstacles approach us?
- 💨 Your tailwind: What drives us forward?
- 🏝💰 Your paradise: What achievement or milestones are we working towards?
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.
Sailboat Retrospective ⛵️
Sprint Retrospectives Templates Free
2. DAKI (Drop Add Keep Improve) Retrospective ✂️:
As you can see, “DAKI” stands for the four English expressions “Drop, Add, Keep, Improve” - these are the four questions asked in this particular retrospective format. Retrospectives with more than the three standard questions are often a little longer, but can provide some fascinating insights into the previous sprint due to the perspective they offer. (You can find a detailed article about the DAKI retrospective here).
DAKI 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.
- Drop: What should we drop?
- Add: What should we add?
- Keep: What should we keep?
- Improve: What should we improve?
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.
DAKI Retrospective ✂️
Sprint Retrospectives Templates Free
3. The Starfish Sprint Retrospective ⭐️:
The Starfish Sprint Retrospective is visually very appealing. Five questions are asked, which are best arranged in starfish-shaped columns. With 5 questions, the Starfish Sprint Retrospective often takes even a little longer than the DAKI Retrospective. - Ideal for smaller teams:
Starfish 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.
- Keep: Looking back at the last sprint or the past few weeks — what should we keep?
- Stop: What should we stop doing?
- Start: What should we start doing?
- More: What should we do more of?
- Less: What should we do less of?
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.
Starfish Retrospective ⭐️
Conclusion - 3 Exciting Sprint Retrospective Templates Free
If you want, you can take a screenshot of these retrospectives and use them for your own team or just try Echometer to create your next retrospective in minutes. In both cases it’s free for you.
