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One-Day Remote Retrospective
Run a retro in one day: teammates add notes in the morning, you turn them into themes and open the vote, and everyone spends five dots and names an action.
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One-Day Remote Retrospective
Time for our retro, no meeting needed. Add your notes any time before the vote opens later today. Your teammates won't see your name; only the facilitator sees who wrote what. About 5 minutes.
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Start the retro in the morning and close it by the end of the day
Sign in and choose Start with this template. You get a diary study with two steps, Notes and Vote. Leave the Start date empty, since a date would open the vote a day later. Open step 1 in the morning with Open on the study page and share its link; each teammate who finishes it is enrolled and gets a personal link for the vote.
Step 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. Step 1’s card shows how many people are done.
When the notes are in, swap the six sample themes on the vote question for your team’s. Delete the samples, choose From results…, tick the step 1 questions, turn on Group similar, preview the themes and choose Add. Then open step 2. Everyone spends five dots, suggests one fix and lists actions they’ll own, and a short AI follow-up asks for an example, using their own notes from the morning. Read the dot totals and the actions in step 2’s results.
Team across time zones? Use the two-day async retroSample questions
A preview of what’s in the template. Every question is editable before you launch.
10 questions · 2 steps in one day
Step 1: 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! Later today you'll vote on what to fix first.
Step 2: Vote
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, using their own notes from this morning if one fits: 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
How long does a one-day retrospective take?
About five minutes per person for each step. The gap between the steps is up to you, because step 2 starts when you open it: a team can add notes before lunch and vote in the afternoon. This version has no Retro brief on the study page. For the brief, or for a team spread across time zones, use the two-day Async Remote Retrospective template.
When should I open the vote in a one-day retrospective?
When step 1’s card shows that most of the team is done, and only after you swap the sample themes for your team’s. Anyone who votes before the swap votes on the samples. The swap takes From results… and Group similar, which doesn’t spend your AI credits.
What questions are in the “One-Day 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.
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Why this template
- Two short steps in one day: notes in the morning, the vote once they're in, opened by the facilitator
- Names are hidden from teammates, and each person spreads 5 dots over the themes; the results page ranks the themes by dots
- The facilitator can turn the notes into themes with AI Group similar, and the vote 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
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