Retrospective Template for Monday.com (2026)
Monday.com provides collaborative boards that work well for real-time retrospectives. This template uses Monday-native features like voting columns, status tracking, and automations for structured retrospectives with follow-through.
Create a dedicated Retrospective board or add a Retro group to your Sprint board.
Template sections
4 sections covering the complete retrospective workflow.
Retro Board Setup
Create a board with three groups: What Went Well, What to Improve, and Action Items. Add columns: Description (text), Submitted By (people), Votes (vote column), and Status (for action items only). The vote column lets team members upvote items anonymously during the retro.
Running the Retro
Before the meeting, team members add items to What Went Well and What to Improve groups. During the meeting, everyone votes using the Vote column. Discuss the top-voted items first. Convert the top improvement items into Action Items with owners and due dates.
Action Item Tracking
Action items get Status, Owner, and Due Date columns. Set up a Monday automation: "When due date arrives and status is not Done, send notification to owner." Review incomplete action items at the start of the next retrospective.
Retro Dashboard
Create a Dashboard with widgets showing: action item completion rate over time, most common improvement themes (using tags), and team mood trend. This longitudinal view helps the team see if retrospectives are actually driving improvement.
Copy-paste template
# Sprint [N] Retrospective ## What Went Well | Item | Submitted By | Votes | |---|---|---| | [Positive item] | [Name] | [Count] | ## What to Improve | Item | Submitted By | Votes | |---|---|---| | [Improvement item] | [Name] | [Count] | ## Action Items | Action | Owner | Due Date | Status | |---|---|---|---| | [Action] | [Name] | [Date] | To Do |
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