A sprint retrospective template using the simplest format that works: what went well, what didn't, and what the team will try next. Add the action items with owners and review last retro's items first, so retros lead to change instead of repeating.
Free to use and adapt, no signup. The .docx opens in Word, Pages and Google Docs (File → Open → Upload).
Team: [Team] Sprint: [Sprint / dates] Facilitator: [Name]
Attendees: [Names]
Wave AI's free meeting minutes generator transcribes the recording with speaker labels and fills in this structure for you: attendees, discussion, decisions and action items with owners. You can also paste a transcript from Zoom, Teams or Google Meet. No account needed.
Paste this into a Notion page and the headings, lists, checkboxes and tables become Notion blocks. It also works in Obsidian, GitHub, Confluence and any Markdown editor.
# Sprint Retrospective **Team:** [Team] **Sprint:** [Sprint / dates] **Facilitator:** [Name] **Attendees:** [Names] ## Last retro's action items - [ ] [Action] — [Owner] — [Done / Not done / Helped?] ## What went well - [Point] - [Point] ## What didn't go well - [Point] - [Point] ## What we'll try next - [Experiment or change] ## Action items - [ ] [Action] — [Owner] — [By when] - [ ] [Action] — [Owner] — [By when]
What went well, what didn't go well, and what will we try next? Some teams use Start / Stop / Continue or Mad / Sad / Glad instead; the headings change but the idea is the same. This template uses the three-question format.
Review last retro's actions first, let people add points silently before discussing, keep it blameless, and leave with one to three concrete changes that each have an owner. More than three rarely happen.
About 45 minutes for a two-week sprint is common, scaling up for longer sprints or post-mortems on big launches.
Yes. Upload the retro recording to Wave's free meeting minutes generator and choose "Retrospective": it groups what went well, what didn't and what the team will try next, written blamelessly, with action items.
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