Templates
Retrospective templates
These are the eleven boards Retree ships with. Each page says what every lane asks for, shows the kind of card that belongs in it, and is honest about when we would reach for a different board instead — so pick one here, or pick it in the form when you create the retro.
Start, Stop, Continue
- Start
- Stop
- Continue
3 lanes turn a sprint into proposals. Start a practice, stop one or keep what already works.
Went well, To improve, Ideas
- Went well
- To improve
- Ideas
The usual sprint retro board. It splits what worked from what to fix, and keeps a column for ideas.
Mad, Sad, Glad
- Mad
- Sad
- Glad
A retro that asks how the sprint felt before it asks what to change.
4Ls: Liked, Learned, Lacked, Longed for
- Liked
- Learned
- Lacked
- Longed for
4 questions that cover more ground than a went-well board.
Sailboat
- Wind
- Anchors
- Rocks
- Island
The Sailboat board maps what pushes the team forward and what holds it back. It also names risks and the goal.
Starfish
- Keep doing
- Less of
- More of
- Stop doing
- Start doing
Starfish sorts change by degree. A team does more of a practice or less of it, rather than only stopping.
DAKI: Drop, Add, Keep, Improve
- Drop
- Add
- Keep
- Improve
DAKI asks what to drop or add and what to keep or improve.
KALM: Keep, Add, Less, More
- Keep
- Add
- Less
- More
KALM asks for amounts rather than verdicts. Each card keeps a practice as it is or resizes it.
Rose, Thorn, Bud
- Rose
- Thorn
- Bud
3 lanes that separate what went well from what hurt and from the early ideas worth a push.
Plus, Delta
- Plus
- Delta
2 lanes and no ceremony. Write what produced value, then the change the team will make next time.
Worked well, Kinda worked, Didn't work
- Worked well
- Kinda worked
- Didn't work
A 3-lane board that grades each practice, with an honest middle lane for the partial wins.