For Mechanical Engineers, reflection on past projects and workflows is key to identifying areas for improvement and optimizing future work processes. A Retrospective template in Notion can structure this reflection, making it easier to capture insights and action points from past experiences. Before creating your own Retrospective template, exploring the examples below could streamline the process and enhance its effectiveness.
1. Software Development Retrospective
The best template to run a retrospective in notion. It leverages formulas to show only enough information about how many people agree with or want to discuss a subject.
This board has two steps: 1) In the first one, you can add cards and vote without being influenced by other people's votes. 2) In the second step, you can see a summary of how many people voted to agree or discuss without seeing who it was. This helps remove bias when discussing a card.
You can always open the card and see who voted, but you can choose not to. Anonymity is not the goal of this board.
2. Retrospective
Our Retrospective template facilitates efficient post-project reflection. It comes with designated sections for discussing what went well, areas needing improvement, innovative ideas, and future action items. Its interactive feature even logs who added each point, promoting transparency and accountability. This organized approach aids in learning from past experiences and planning effective strategies for future projects.
3. 4Ls Retrospective Template
The Four Ls retrospective is an excellent way for teams to gain a more in-depth understanding of what occurred during the sprint and identify areas for improvement. It encourages team members to be critical of their work and allows the team to identify and implement concrete steps for improvement. It is also simple to implement and understand, making it a valuable tool for any team using an Agile development framework
4. Lessons Learned Log
Elevate your project management with the Notion Lessons Learned Log, a dynamic tool designed to transform challenges into learning opportunities. It offers a structured approach to document key takeaways, actionable recommendations, and team feedback from every project phase. This comprehensive log not only enhances project strategies but also promotes a culture of learning and adaptation within your team. With its user-friendly format, it’s an essential asset for any project manager seeking to refine their approach and achieve greater success in future endeavors
5. Synctera's monthly company retro
As a fast-growing startup, Synctera runs monthly retros across the whole company to keep priorities straight and feedback flowing. These syncs used to take a full day — now they take one hour in Notion.
6. Meeting Tracker
Track 1-1 or Retro activities
7. Run Retrospectives with Rootly
A good retrospective is key to helping companies improve their overall system reliability. This template provides incident response teams with a quick and an organized way to create retrospectives following an incident. This will not only save time for the team, but also document all content in a consistent manner.
8. Agile sprints
Provides small teams and solopreneurs a proven framework of sprints to execute work faster, more frequently, and make projects manageable. It is accompanied with templates and dashboards that allow you to seamlessly conduct standups, sprint planning, reviews, and retrospective.
9. Team Time Capsule: Yearly Retrospective
End the year with a bang and start the new one with a plan!
Ready to wrap up the year with some style, substance, and a sprinkle of fun? The 'Team Time Capsule” is perfect for the occasion. It will help you and your team look back at the year and prepare for the next one.
Why This Template?
Perfect for teams: Designed for any team ready to reflect on their year and plan ahead.
Easy to use: Simple, structured exercises guide you through a comprehensive retrospective.
Simplicity meets depth: deep reflection exercises packed in an easy, breezy format.
Builds cohesion: Strengthens team spirit and aligns everyone for the upcoming challenges
When to Use?
Perfect for that year-end huddle or a January kick-off. You can also adapt it to the end of semester or quarterly reviews.
Designed for teams from 4 to 8 – if you want to adapt for a bigger team, send me a message after purchasing and we can find a way around.
Find a cozy corner, maybe some snacks, and get ready to retrospect!
10. Agile retrospective
This is a retrospective template for agile teams using the traditional liked / didn't like / learned / actions method with a voting system.
It displays the various items as cards, which allows adding more content inside each card when required. It also includes the important "kudos" section, where your entire team can celebrate people for a job well done.
