What are the top-rated online retrospective software tools for agile (scrum) teams?

No, you do not need to log in to Echometer or register to test the Retro Board and Retro Tool in Echometer.

You can try out Echometer’s Retro Board via the following link without logging in: Try a Practice Round

First, simply register for free in Echometer. Then navigate to the workspace for which you would like to purchase the retro tool. If you haven’t already done so, you can do so here: Create account in Echometer 1:1 tool

You can then manage your subscription (for both the retro tool and the 1:1 software) within the workspace settings.

You can choose from various payment methods when upgrading.

If you do not have access to your company’s credit card yourself, you can simply add a buyer as a workspace admin in your Echometer workspace so that this admin can carry out the upgrade for you.

In Echometer there are two separate software solutions that are available within each workspace in Echometer:

• 1:1 tool: Software for planning and conducting 1:1 meetings and tracking employee development
• Retrospective tool: Software for planning and moderating retrospectives and tracking team development through team health checks

Both are independent software solutions, so they can be used separately from each other.

However, they work according to the same principles and aim to achieve the same added value: The continuous improvement of agile teams. In this respect, the simultaneous use of both software solutions is recommended.

Yes, you can assign administration rights to any number of users at both team level and workspace level. Please note the following:

• Only workspace admins can take out and manage a Echometer subscription for a Echometer workspace.
• Only workspace admins can create additional teams and name or remove additional workspace admins.
• Team admins can appoint and remove additional team admins and team members for their team

The Echometer Retrospective software is designed to guide teams through the retrospective process with maximum ease and effectiveness, following best practices.

The steps and their sequence can be customized using the navigation within the retro. By default, a retrospective in Echometer is structured in this way:

• Icebreaker
• Review of open measures from past retros
• Collect feedback (first Health Checks, then open questions)
• Prioritization of feedback
• Deriving action items
• Concluding the retrospective with the “ROTI score” (Return on Time Invested)

Additional whiteboards (e.g. for workshops, for analyzing problems or for brainstorming measures) can also be added spontaneously at any point using the Retrospective navigation.

Yes, the Echometer Retrospective software has various detailed dashboards for monitoring the continuous improvement process of your agile team:

• On the one hand, you can get a quick overview of past team retrospectives in the retro archive.
• On the other hand, you can use the ROTI score and the Health Check items, which you can use as a regular happiness check, to visualize mood trends in the team based on specific KPIs or agile metrics.
• There are also other activity trends

Echometer distinguishes between Team Health and Workspace Health in the Health Checks:

• Results from Team Health are only ever made transparent within the team
• Results from Workspace Health are made transparent across all teams