Visual Retro Templates
Intent
- •Make retrospective insights digestible for visual learners without slideware.
- •Standardize text-based templates for PRs, issues, or shared docs.
Inputs
- •Retro categories (Went Well, Risks, Next Bets, Metrics).
- •Key quantitative results and qualitative highlights.
- •Owners + follow-up items.
Workflow
- •Pick template
- •Grid:
code
+------------+------------------+ | Went Well | Needs Attention | +------------+------------------+ | ... | ... |
- •Timeline w/ milestones.
- •Heatmap: use
[]intensity markers ([++],[+],[~],[!]).
- •Grid:
- •Populate data
- •Keep bullet lines short; include metric deltas (
+12% DAU). - •Tag owners
(@name)next to action items.
- •Keep bullet lines short; include metric deltas (
- •Embed artifacts
- •Link to logs, dashboards, or experiment IDs inline.
- •Distribute
- •Paste into PR descriptions, GitHub Discussions, or Slack posts.
- •Optionally store canonical version under
.factory/retros/<date>.txt.
- •Iterate
- •Add “Next Checkpoint” section to set evaluation date.
Verification
- •Template fits within 80 characters width; column headers aligned.
- •Each action item shows owner + due date.
- •Retro artifact linked in change summary or issue comment.