Product Retrospective

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Template validated by Gaurav Hardikar, Head of Consumer Product HomeLight

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What Kind of Sprint Are You Looking to Run?

1. A Sprint Retrospective is an exercise where team members

discuss what could have made the last sprint more efficient,
discuss what went well and identify next steps.

2. You could also conduct an Incident Retrospective, this is

essentially a history of previous retrospectives where you can
allocate accountability for previous action items and plan
accordingly.

Usually you would want to run this with the retro lead walking
through what happened in a timeline and then cycle through each
person to walk through their pre-work.
Sprint Retrospective
Name of Cluster
 Project name
Discussion Agenda
Retrospective
1. Discuss cluster (10 min).
2. Vote: continue, stop, start
doing (3 min). Identify Product/ Feature
3. Do steps 1 & 2 with each
cluster. Insert text here…
4. Closing + next steps (2
min)
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

What went well?

Achievements
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achievements.
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

What didn’t go well?

Drag a star to the challenge you Challenges
most agree with.
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poorly.
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

What ideas do you have?

Ideas
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Duplicate
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Name:
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

How should we
take action? Actions

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action here. action here. action here. action here.

Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner:

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action here. action here. action here. action here.

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Duplicate
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Use the post-its to describe an action.
Owner:
Next steps & Takeaways

Takeaway 1

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against

Takeaway 2

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against

Takeaway 3

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against

Takeaway 4

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against
Incident Retrospective
Name of Cluster
 Project name
Retrospective Guidelines
Retrospective Timeline
1. Walk through a timeline
of what happened to get
Action Item #1
everyone on the same
page.
Insert text here…
2. Go through the most
important items.
3. Thoroughly discuss what
went wrong and how it
Action Item #2
impacted users (retro
meeting).
Insert text here…
4. Review and plan out
action items.

Action Item #3
Discussion Agenda
Insert text here…
1. Discuss cluster (10 min).
2. Vote: continue, stop, start
doing (3 min).
3. Do steps 1 & 2 with each Action Item #4
cluster.
4. Closing + next steps (2 Insert text here…
min)
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

What went well?

Achievements
Drag a star to your favourite achievement.

Insert your Insert your Insert your Insert your

achievement achievement achievement achievement
here. here. here. here.

Insert your Insert your Insert your Insert your

achievement achievement achievement achievement
here. here. here. here.

Duplicate
this card if
you need
Copy and paste a star if you need more more
Use the post-its to describe your
achievements.
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

What didn’t go well?

Drag a star to the challenge you Challenges
most agree with.
Insert a Insert a Insert a Insert a
challenge challenge challenge challenge
here. here. here. here.

Insert a Insert a Insert a Insert a

challenge challenge challenge challenge
here. here. here. here.

Duplicate
this card &
if
yu need
insert the
Copy and paste a star if you need more more
challenge
Use the post-its to describe what went here
poorly.
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

What ideas do you have?

Ideas
Drag a star to your favorite idea.

Insert your Insert your Insert your Insert your

idea here. idea here. idea here. idea here.

Name: Name: Name: Name:

Insert your Insert your Insert your Insert your

idea here. idea here. idea here. idea here.

Name: Name: Name: Name:

Duplicate
this card if
you need
Copy and paste a star if you need more more.
Use the post-its to describe your ideas.
Name:
Theme cluster #1 Estimated time: 10 minutes

How should we
take action? Actions

Drag a star to your favorite action. Insert an Insert an Insert an Insert an

action here. action here. action here. action here.

Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner:

Insert an Insert an Insert an Insert an

action here. action here. action here. action here.

Owner: Owner: Owner: Owner:

Duplicate
this card if
you need
Copy and paste a star if you need more more.
Use the post-its to describe an action.
Owner:
Next steps & Takeaways

Takeaway 1

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against

Takeaway 2

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against

Takeaway 3

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against

Takeaway 4

Insert action, the owner, due date and any metrics to measure or benchmark against
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