Team Retrospective Template

Sprint or quarter retro: went well, didn't go well, experiments to try next, owners.

# Retrospective â [Sprint / quarter / project name] **Facilitator:** [Name] **Participants:** [Names] **Date:** [YYYY-MM-DD] **Sprint / period covered:** [Dates] ## Ground rules (read aloud at start) - Blameless: we discuss systems and processes, not individuals - Single conversation: no side chat - Time-box each section - Action items get a named owner and a due date â no orphan promises ## Agenda (60 min) - 5 min: review prior-retro action items, mark closed / continued / dropped - 15 min: silent brainstorm in each column - 15 min: cluster and discuss themes - 15 min: vote on themes (each person 3 dots) - 10 min: convert top 3 themes into action items ## Went well *What gave us energy? What should we keep doing?* - [item â author] - [item â author] - [item â author] ## Didn't go well *What drained energy? What slowed us down?* - [item â author] - [item â author] - [item â author] ## Experiments to try *What's one thing we could change next sprint? Frame as a hypothesis.* - "If we [change], then [outcome], because [reasoning]." - [...] - [...] ## Action items (top 3 from voted themes) | Action | Owner | Due | Definition of done | |---|---|---|---| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | ## Parking lot Items raised but out of scope for this retro: - [item â proposed venue / owner for follow-up] ## Themes worth watching Patterns across multiple retros â worth flagging to leadership: - [theme] - [theme]

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