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The Basic 5
It’s hard to find a more versatile configuration than what the Basic 5 offers. If you want a really straightforward but all encompassing retrospective board, this is the best choice. The categories mean exactly what they say all you need to do is sit back and enjoy the retro!
Start Stop Continue
This is the agile retrospective most people are familiar with and a great place to start if you’re new to running retrospectives. In a Start, Stop, Continue retrospective meeting you focus on new things your team should start, old habits or practices that aren’t working and should stop, and the good things that should continue. It’s an excellent way to iterate and refine processes, improve projects, or unify teams.
What Went Well
When you don’t want to overcomplicate your retrospective or just want a really quick session this two dimensional retro should be perfect you. With only 2 options to chose from it can really speed up and polarise your sessions.
Sailboat
If you’re looking for a way forward, the Sailboat retrospective can get you there. It helps a team visualize their project as a boat journey where obstacles, including rocks, wind, even the boat’s own anchor, stand in the way of reaching the goal. This is a useful retrospective template if you want to pinpoint the things that slow progress (and eliminate them), and highlight the things that accelerate it.
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The Four Ls retrospective format takes the Start, Stop, Continue method and goes one step further. Instead of splitting issues into positives and negatives, the four Ls allows for some neutral middle ground. The “learned” section can help you identify lessons that affected the project or process, identify gaps in knowledge in the team, and even help you improve onboarding for new team members.
Original 4
The Original 4 format is similar to the Four Ls as it expands another retrospective configuration. While What Went Well only has 2 topics, the Original 4 mixes in What have I learned and What still puzzles me to give more options and dimensions to the retrospective. This can be used to further break down the experiences and receive a fuller picture of the last time period.