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Retrospective Templates for Agile and Scrum Teams
Practical retrospective templates with exact prompts, timing, facilitation steps, examples, remote adaptations, and honest RetroRally availability.
A practical RetroRally guide · Updated August 2026
Four detailed retrospective format guides
Start, Stop, Continue
A balanced retrospective format that protects useful habits while identifying one behaviour to begin and one to leave behind.
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Available in RetroRallyMad, Sad, Glad
An emotion-aware format for surfacing frustration, disappointment, and positive moments before deciding what the team should change.
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Available in RetroRallySailboat Retrospective
A visual format that connects a shared destination with tailwinds, anchors, and delivery risks.
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Available in RetroRallyThe 4Ls Retrospective
A learning-focused reflection on what the team liked, learned, lacked, and longed for during the sprint.
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Start, Stop, Continue
Balance change with what already works. Add up to three observations. Choose Start, Stop, or Continue for each one. Suggest one concrete action the team can start, stop, or protect next sprint.
Mad, Sad, Glad
Give the sprint's emotional signals room. Share up to three moments. Choose Mad, Sad, or Glad for each one and describe the event rather than blaming a person. Propose one behavior the team can try or protect in the next sprint.
Sailboat
Chart momentum, drag, and risks. Add winds that helped, anchors that slowed the team, or rocks that could create risk. Suggest one move that adds wind, lifts an anchor, or avoids a rock.
4Ls
Turn experience into learning. Add up to three learnings and choose the 4L lens that fits each one best. Suggest one concrete way to repeat, test, or address what the team learned.
Energy Levels
Find what fuels and drains the team. Share moments that gave the team energy or drained it. Keep the observation about work and ways of working. Propose one small change that protects energy or removes a recurring drain.
Timeline
Reconstruct the moments that changed the sprint. Choose when it happened, then add a concrete event, high point, or low point. Suggest one preventive, recovery, or repeatable action linked to this moment.
One-Word Weather
Open with a fast, human pulse. Choose one weather lane, then add one short reason for your report. Capture one team action that clears the weather or protects what felt sunny.
Team Superpowers
Recognize strengths worth repeating. Share a strength, a helpful team behavior, or a power-up the team needs. Describe the behavior rather than guessing at contributors. Propose one way to protect, spread, or develop this team strength.
Lean Coffee Retro
Let the team set the conversation order. Add up to three focused discussion topics. The team will vote on up to three topics to set the agenda. After discussing the topic, propose one concrete experiment or decision.
The Smallest Fix
Shrink recurring problems into testable moves. Submit concrete moments where work slowed, repeated, or became harder than necessary. Suggest the smallest reversible change the team can test before the next retro.
Future Headlines
Work backward from the sprint you want. Write a short future headline and, if useful, the condition that would make it possible. Propose one action the team can take in the next sprint.
Boss Battle
Turn the biggest blocker into a team mission. Submit up to three challenges. Mark each one as a Blocker, Drag, or Risk so the team knows what kind of Boss it is facing. Suggest one concrete action the team can try next sprint.
More detailed guides on the roadmap
Energy Levels, Timeline, One-Word Weather, Team Superpowers, Lean Coffee Retro, The Smallest Fix, Future Headlines, Boss Battle are already playable. Their dedicated long-form guides are still being developed; we will publish each one when it includes genuinely distinct prompts, facilitation advice, examples, and failure modes.