Free Retrospective Board Templates
Browse free retrospective formats you can run with sticky notes or in a tool like CodeKudu. Each page explains the columns so you can facilitate with confidence.
30 templates · Search and filter to find a fit for your team.
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Went Well - To Improve - Action Items
The classic three-column retro: celebrate wins, name improvements, and leave with concrete next steps.
Start - Stop - Continue
Balance momentum and discipline by deciding what to add, drop, and keep doing.
4Ls Retrospective
Liked, learned, lacked, and longed for—structured reflection that surfaces both positives and gaps.
Mad Sad Glad
Name feelings safely so the team can discuss tensions and wins with empathy.
Sailboat Retrospective
Use wind, anchors, rocks, and the island to talk about propulsion, drag, risks, and goals.
Starfish Retrospective
Five lenses on current practice: keep, more, less, stop, and start—great for tuning ways of working.
Keep Problem Try
A compact Japanese-inspired format: anchor strengths, name problems, pick tries.
Plus Delta
Simple plus and delta columns keep feedback constructive and easy to scan.
Rose Bud Thorn
Design-thinking friendly: positives, emerging opportunities, and pain points.
Hot Air Balloon Retrospective
Lift, weight, storms, and fire visualize help, drag, uncertainty, and energy.
DAKI
Drop, add, keep, improve—action-oriented vocabulary for change.
Liked - Lacked - Change
Short and clear: appreciate, name gaps, and commit to one meaningful change.
WWW (Worked - Kinda worked - Did not work)
A blunt spectrum from strong outcomes to clear failures—good for data-heavy teams.
The Good - The Bad - The Ugly
Make space for uncomfortable truths alongside wins—facilitate with safety rules.
KALM
Keep, add, less, more—fine-grained tuning of team habits.
Happy - Meh - Sad
A lighter emotional gradient than mad/sad/glad—good for quieter teams.
Speed Car Retrospective
Engine, parachute, abyss, and bridge—speed, brakes, danger, and mitigation.
Lean Coffee
Democratic agenda: gather topics, dot vote, timebox discussion, capture outcomes.
Thumbs Up - Thumbs Down - New Ideas - Recognition
Quick signals plus brainstorming and explicit appreciation.
Winning - Puzzling - Improving
Works well for larger groups: highlight wins, open questions, and improvements.
Mountain Climber Retrospective
Trail metaphors for gear, obstacles, weather, and the summit—great for big goals.
Traffic Light
Green, yellow, and red give a fast shared picture before deeper discussion.
Scrum Values Retrospective
Reflect on commitment, courage, focus, openness, and respect in day-to-day work.
Pre-mortem
Before the next release, imagine failure and backtrack to preventable causes.
Weather Forecast Retrospective
Sunny, cloudy, stormy, and forecast—mood and outlook for the next sprint.
Hope - Worry - Risk - Mitigation
Forward-looking balance of optimism, fear, exposure, and concrete safeguards.
Pizza Retro
Crust, sauce, toppings, and oven—a playful frame for foundations through delivery.
Three Little Pigs Retrospective
Straw, sticks, and brick houses show fragility versus resilience in how you build.
ESVP Explorer Shopper Vacationer Prisoner
Anonymous or private check-in on engagement before deeper retro topics.
Energy Levels Retrospective
Map work to high, medium, and low energy zones to redesign how time is spent.