Templates for Project Initiation:
- Project Kickoff - A compilation of significant activities from defining the vision, understanding the customer, project execution, quality and more.
- Project Kickoff Checklist - A modifiable checklist of project management milestones that helps prioritize and streamline management efforts.
- Project Meeting Agendas - A list and agenda for all Scrum events and Scaled Agile events. An easy copy/paste for calendar invites and clarifying agendas.
- Awesome Resources - A huge compilation of some of the favorite resources compiled by top Agile experts. Learn from the best!
- Bug Severity/Priority Reporting - A simplified and modifiable matrix to use to report bugs or defects properly so that efforts can be prioritized.
- Communication Repository - A great tool to use with any team that streamlines communications and documents. It is very useful for onboarding.
- Common Problems/Solutions - Many organizations face similar problems in their processes. This is a template for common problems and possible solutions.
Retrospective Templates:
- Who am I? - A fun retro designed for team members to get to know each other better and build team cohesion
- Dirty Socks - This fun retro focuses on finding and devising solutions to clean up technical debt
- The Fairytale - Discover the dangers to working a fairytale with this magically inspired theme
- The Fact Checker - A spin on the game two truths and a lie, find out what is on the team's mind with this fun retro!
- Brainwriting - This gallery walk style gets the entire team's thoughts on different situations, designed to bring out even the shyest of team members
- Newsday! This hyperbole and fun retro, the team writes an extreme, sensationalized news piece about the Sprint
- The Addiction! What bad habits are we still doing and how do we fix them?
- Let's Go Shopping! What is the team willing to spend their money on to make their process smoother?
- The Bottleneck - Discover what causes bottlenecks in your processes and then design solutions as a team
- Climbing the Mountain - Avoid pitfalls and climb the mountain together! How can we help each other succeed to the top?
- The Cars Retro - Was our last Sprint a dump truck or a sports car? A fun retro comparing the Sprint to cars - always a great conversation!
- The Dinner Plate - What have we eaten that is bad for us, good for us, and delicious treats we want all the time?
- Retromania! - A game show retro designed for the team to have a great time while uncovering better processes
- The Starfish - A classic retro - What do we need more of, or less of? What makes us great, and what do we need to improve upon?
- The Sailboat - This classic retro steers the ship away from the rocky cliffs and towards Paradise Island
- Charting a New Course - What is our treasure map to find the treasured
- Moving Day! - What processes are worth keeping in the big move? What should we trash, what do we need to make our future successful?
- The 3 Little Pigs - A now classic retro and a fun way to express risks, good practices, and how to build that brick house!
- The Classic Questions - Tried and true classic questions designed to bring forth good conversations and needed insights
- Back to the Future - The team imagines a perfect future state, and then figures out what is needed to get there
- The ONE Thing - A self reflective retro designed for each team member to find One thing that they would like to improve about themselves
- The Oscars - Discover the best (Oscars) and the worst (Raspberries) about your previous Sprint
- How are we doing? - A cool retro where the team grades themselves on common practices
- The Tortoise and the Hare - What slows us down? What speeds us up? Discover the practices to help you win the race!
- Sprinting Image - Let's Sprint to success!
- The Problem Solving Tree - Unroot and fix our problems and look to how to fertilize our processes for healthy growth
- A Perfect 10! - How do we become a perfect 10 team every Sprint?
Team Templates:
- Definition of Done - A template to define what "done" means, what efforts are required to consider an element of work complete
- Working Agreement - A dive into the team's wants and needs for working their best way together.
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