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Async Remote Retrospective
Run a retro over two days, no meeting. Notes are anonymous to teammates, everyone spends five dots on themes, and each person names the actions they’ll own.
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Async Remote Retrospective
Time for our retro, no meeting needed. Add your notes any time before tomorrow's vote. Your teammates won't see your name; only the facilitator sees who wrote what. About 5 minutes.
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Collect notes on day 1, then vote and commit to actions on day 2
Sign in and choose Start with this template. You get a diary study with two days: Add your notes, then Vote and commit. Set a Start date and each day opens at 10:00 in the study’s time zone, or leave it empty and open each day yourself with Open on the study page. Share the day 1 link: each teammate who finishes it is enrolled and gets a personal link for day 2.
Day 1 takes about five minutes: a mood rating from Rough to Great, one word for the sprint, then what went well, what didn’t, and ideas or questions, with up to six notes for each, plus shout-outs. Teammates don’t see each other’s names.
Before day 2 opens, swap the vote’s six sample themes for your team’s. On the vote question, delete the samples, choose From results…, tick the day 1 questions, turn on Group similar, preview the themes and choose Add. On day 2 everyone spends five dots, suggests one fix for their top theme and lists actions they’ll own, and a short AI follow-up asks for a recent example. The study page then sums it up in a Retro brief.
What the Retro brief shows
- The team’s mood: the average, the spread, and the lowest and highest rating.
- The one-word answers and each day 1 list (went well, didn’t go well, ideas, shout-outs), with how many people wrote each note.
- The themes ranked by dots, and how many people voted.
- The fixes people suggested for their top theme.
- The actions people committed to, with who wrote each one, by name or email, when they gave one.
Sample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
10 questions · 2 days · one short survey each
Day 1: Add your notes
Q01
Opinion ScaleRequired
How did the last sprint feel for you?
Scale: 1 – 5
Min:RoughMax:Great
Q02
Short Text
One word for the last sprint.
Q03
Short Text
What went well?
Q04
Short Text
What didn't go well?
Q05
Short Text
Ideas, questions, or things that puzzled you.
Q06
Short Text
Shout-outs: who helped you, and how?
Message
Thanks! Tomorrow you'll vote on what to fix first.
Day 2: Vote and commit
Message
Spend your dots on what we should fix first, then name one action you'll own. About 5 minutes.
Q01
Point AllocationRequired
Spend 5 dots on the themes we should fix first. Put several dots on one theme if it matters most.
- Meetings take too much time
- Unclear priorities
- Slow code reviews
- Hand-offs between teams
- Too much unplanned work
- Tooling and test environments
Allocate 5 points
Q02
Long TextRequired
For the theme you gave the most dots: what's one concrete thing we could try next sprint?
Q03
Short Text
Actions you'll own: what you'll do, and by when.
Q04
AI Interview
Each person gets follow-up questions written from their own answers.
Interview goal: Take the theme the respondent gave the most dots and ask for one recent, concrete example of it happening: what happened, who was affected, and what it cost the team. Then ask what would have to change for it not to happen again next sprint. If their example points to a different theme, say so and ask which one matters more. Stop after three questions.
Message
Thanks! The facilitator will share the list of actions and who owns each one.
What’s included
AI follow-ups
Adaptive probes on open-ended answers that pull out detail a static form would miss.
Attention checks
Built-in safeguards against rushed answers and low-quality respondents.
AI-drafted copy
Wording, ordering, and branching written by the AI — tuned to your research goal.
Auto report
Themes, quotes, and a plain-English summary write themselves once responses come in.
Frequently asked questions
Are the notes in an async retrospective anonymous?
To teammates, yes. The template tells everyone that teammates won’t see their name and that the facilitator sees who wrote what. Teammates vote on themes rather than on each other’s notes, and Group similar writes those themes as short labels. In results you see a teammate’s name only if they gave a name or email, so tell the team before day 1 what you will see.
How does Group similar turn retro notes into vote themes?
On the vote question, From results… lets you tick several day 1 questions and pool their notes. With Group similar on, AI sorts the notes into short themes, usually three to six words, and each theme becomes a choice. You preview the themes, set how many to add with Top, and choose Add; you can edit any label afterward. Group similar doesn’t spend your AI credits.
What questions are in the “Async Remote Retrospective” template?
The template includes 10 ready-to-use questions, starting with: “How did the last sprint feel for you?” · “One word for the last sprint.” · “What went well?”. The full set is previewed above, and every question is editable.
Can I customize this template?
Yes — every question, answer option, and the ordering is editable before you launch. You can add or remove questions, or ask the AI editor to rework the survey around your research goal.
Is this template free to use?
Yes. Open it in the editor and start customizing right away — no account required to try it, and the free plan covers launching your survey.
Ready to launch?
Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.
How it compares
We reviewed the closest templates from other survey tools. Here’s what they do well — and where this template goes further.
Why this template
- Two short waves, one day apart: mood and what went well, what didn't, ideas and shout-outs, then voting and fixes
- Names are hidden from teammates, and each person spreads 5 dots over the themes, and the results page ranks the themes by dots
- The facilitator can fill the themes from wave 1 with AI Group similar, and the wave ends with a concrete fix, owned action items and a short AI follow-up interview, free with no cap on responses, teams or question types
Parabol
Retrospective meetingsRetrospective meetings with templates, integrations, and AI grouping on the paid plan.
What it does well
- A free Starter plan for small teams
- Connects with Atlassian Jira, GitHub and Slack
Where it falls short
- The free Starter plan allows 10 meetings a month and 2 custom templates
- AI Suggest Groups is on the Team plan at $8 per active user per month
Retrium
Asynchronous retrospectiveA team sets how long people have to add feedback in the Think phase, then runs later phases async or live.
What it does well
- The room stays open for the time the facilitator sets
- Later phases can run async or switch to a live session
Where it falls short
- Team plan is $39 per team room per month, with a 30 day trial
TeamRetro
Online retrospectivesAnonymous brainstorming, private voting, AI grouping and action tracking, with participants joining without accounts.
What it does well
- Team members don't need accounts to take part
- AI-assisted grouping and AI action suggestions on every plan
- Anonymity options
Where it falls short
- Standard is US$250 per team per year, billed yearly (US$20.83 a month)
- The pricing page lists async only for daily standups
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