Sprint retrospective meeting template

Steps in this flowchart

• Sprint review done
• Scrum Master sets the stage & safety check
• Review last retro action items
• Previous actions completed?
• Discuss blockers & re-commit or drop
• Gather data: went well, went badly, puzzles
• Team adds sticky notes in Miro or FigJam
• Group notes into themes
• Dot vote on themes
• Root cause discussion: 5 whys
• Actionable within team control?
• Escalate impediment to management
• Define SMART action items
• Owner & due date agreed?
• Add actions to next sprint backlog in Jira
• Retro of the retro: ROTI vote
• Next sprint planning

How to use this flowchart template

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Mermaid source

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flowchart TD
  A((Sprint review done)) --> B[Scrum Master sets the stage & safety check]
  B --> C[Review last retro action items]
  C --> D{Previous actions completed?}
  D -->|No| E[Discuss blockers & re-commit or drop]
  D -->|Yes| F[Gather data: went well, went badly, puzzles]
  E --> F
  F --> G[Team adds sticky notes in Miro or FigJam]
  G --> H[Group notes into themes]
  H --> I[Dot vote on themes]
  I --> J[Root cause discussion: 5 whys]
  J --> K{Actionable within team control?}
  K -->|No| L[Escalate impediment to management]
  K -->|Yes| M[Define SMART action items]
  M --> N{Owner & due date agreed?}
  N -->|No| M
  N -->|Yes| O[Add actions to next sprint backlog in Jira]
  L --> O
  O --> P[Retro of the retro: ROTI vote]
  P --> Q((Next sprint planning))

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