Retrospectives
Use the Retrospective page to reflect, learn, and adapt with your team.
The Retrospective page of the Easy Agile TeamRhythm app is a place for your team to reflect and adapt, alongside your work in Jira. Turn action items into
You’ll have a Retrospective page for each scrum board, kanban board, and (Cloud-only) team-managed software project in Jira.
Learn how to find the Retrospectives page in Jira.
Getting to know the Retrospective menu
Left-hand navigation: switching between Retrospectives for this board
In the top left of the app, you’ll see:
The name of this Jira board
A dropdown to select a Retrospective: either for a specific sprint from your board, or a once-off session
Learn more about accessing or creating Retrospectives, based on your Jira board type.
Retrospectives for a Scrum board named “IOS board” in Jira Cloud
Only Retrospectives done on this Jira board can be accessed from this board. Switch to another board in Jira to access its Retrospectives.
Center: tools for this retrospective
Mood: anonymously submit a vote on how the sprint/work has been, and see the survey results
Bling: apply Templates, or add/remove a fourth column (not including the Action column)
Timer: time-box discussions so your ceremony doesn’t get off-track, or set a few minutes for participants to think about feedback
Focus: sort items to focus on the most popular by reaction, or filter to show only items in specific categories
Actions: show or hide the Action column, depending on what part of the ceremony you’re focused on
On Data Center, Jira Administrators can disable access to the Retrospective page.
If you can open the User story map page, but the “Retrospective” tab is missing from the top of the app, contact your Jira Administrator or internal IT support team for assistance.
Right-hand help and settings
Use the 🔒 “lock” icon to see or adjust a Retrospective’s privacy settings.
From the “…”/”More” menu in the top right-hand corner:
Archive this retro for once-off Retrospectives
Toggle holiday theme colours on the Easy Agile logo (Cloud only)
Restart the in-app tutorial
Open the in-app help menu, including links to these docs, our customer support portal, and in-app troubleshooting information
