Agile Sprint Retrospective Feedback Survey
Captures how a development team felt about the sprint that just ended — goal completion, planning accuracy, collaboration, and workload sustainability — with an AI follow-up that digs into the real story behind blockers and missed goals instead of the sanitized version teams give in stand-up.
Sample questions
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Overall, how satisfied are you with how this sprint went?
Did the team complete the sprint goal?
- Yes, fully
- Mostly, with minor gaps
- Partially
- No, we missed it significantly
How much do you agree with each statement about this sprint?
- Sprint planning estimates were realistic
- Blockers were identified and resolved quickly
- Communication within the team was clear
- Work was distributed fairly across the team
- Requirements were clear before we started
Looking at this sprint, which factors helped progress the most, and which hurt it the most?
- Clear requirements going in
- Daily stand-ups
- Pairing or code review support
- Tooling / CI-CD reliability
- Cross-team dependencies
- Mid-sprint scope changes
- Meeting load
- Documentation quality
How sustainable was the pace of work this sprint?
In one sentence, what was the single biggest blocker this sprint?
Probe the real story behind this sprint's outcome. If the goal was missed or only partially met, find out at what point it became clear it was at risk and whether that was raised early or discovered late. Anchor on their stated biggest blocker and any low agreement/disagreement ratings from the sprint statements, and ask what would need to change next sprint to prevent the same issue. If they rated the sprint highly across the board, ask what specifically the team should keep doing.
How confident are you in the plan for next sprint?
What is your role on this team?
- Engineer / Developer
- QA / Test
- Product Manager
- Designer
- Scrum Master / Team Lead
- Other
How long have you been on this team?
- Less than 3 months
- 3-12 months
- 1-2 years
- More than 2 years
- Prefer not to say
That's everything — thank you! Your responses feed directly into the team's retrospective discussion and next sprint's planning.
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.
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
- Includes a dedicated AI follow-up interview step that probes the real story behind missed or partially completed goals, going beyond the surface-level answer given in stand-up
- Combines structured measurement (opinion scale for satisfaction, rating for pace sustainability, matrix for agreement statements, max diff for what helped vs. hurt progress) with open-ended short text on blockers
- Segments respondents by role and tenure on the team, so retro feedback can be analyzed by context (e.g., new joiners vs. veterans)
- Closes with an automated report generation step so the team retro data feeds directly into a usable summary rather than raw spreadsheet exports
SurveyMonkey
Sprint Retrospective Questions TemplateA ready-to-field template with a preset list of sprint retrospective questions, backed by SurveyMonkey's established survey infrastructure and analytics dashboard. It's a static question set aimed at general survey builders rather than one designed specifically for agile teams' nuanced blocker/goal-completion dynamics. No mention of any conversational or adaptive follow-up capability.
What it does well
- Mature, well-known survey platform with broad distribution options
- Built-in analytics and reporting dashboard
- Simple to deploy quickly for teams already using SurveyMonkey
Where it falls short
- Static question list with no adaptive AI follow-up to probe missed goals or blockers further
- No voice interview or guided screen-share task option
- No published methodology on how questions were validated or scored
Jotform
Agile Retrospective Form TemplateA drag-and-drop form template positioned within Jotform's broader form-builder ecosystem, useful for quickly customizing field types and layout. It reads as a form-building starting point rather than a purpose-built research instrument with scoring or analysis logic. No indication of any AI-driven interviewing or automated quality scoring of responses.
What it does well
- Highly customizable via Jotform's drag-and-drop builder
- Easy integration with other Jotform workflows and apps
- Free tier available for basic form usage
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI interview to dig past sanitized stand-up answers
- No automated per-response quality scoring
- Static form fields only, with no follow-up logic tied to specific answers like missed sprint goals
Typeform
Retrospective Survey TemplateA conversational-style, one-question-at-a-time survey template that offers a more engaging respondent experience than a traditional form. However, the flow is still pre-scripted rather than dynamically generated, and the page doesn't indicate any capability to ask context-aware follow-up questions based on a given answer. It's a general retrospective template, not one tailored to sprint-specific concepts like planning accuracy or velocity.
What it does well
- Polished, conversational UI that can improve completion rates
- Simple template structure that's easy to brand and customize
- Established platform with broad integrations
Where it falls short
- No adaptive AI follow-up interview or voice AI option to probe blockers in depth
- No automated quality scoring of individual responses
- No transparent published prompts or methodology behind question design
Ready to launch?
Open this template in the editor. Every part is yours to change before the first respondent sees it.