Four-quadrant retro
The classic, done well: a private writing round, a reveal, clusters and three votes each.
- Write alone, 5 min
- Reveal and cluster, 15 min
- Vote and pick one change, 10 min
pick a wall, invite the team
Workshop templates for retros, planning and discovery.
Every template is a real board: frames, prompts, a timer for each round and a short script for whoever is running it. Open one and change anything.
Template library
Quarter planning wall
Bets on the left, capacity on the right, dependencies drawn as arrows between them.
- Pitch the bets, 30 min
- Map dependencies, 30 min
- Vote the order, 20 min
Interview synthesis
Paste quotes from user calls, group them into needs and choose what to test next.
- One note per quote, 25 min
- Cluster into needs, 30 min
- Pick two tests, 15 min
Two truths and a doodle
A gentle start for new teams: everyone draws one thing about their week on a note.
- Draw, 4 min
- Guess whose is whose, 6 min
Now, next, later roadmap
Three swim lanes and a parking lot. Drag ideas between lanes as the conversation moves.
- Dump every idea, 10 min
- Sort into lanes, 30 min
- Agree on now, 15 min
Service blueprint
Map what a customer does, what they see and what happens backstage, step by step.
- Customer steps, 30 min
- Front and backstage, 45 min
- Mark the pain points, 20 min
anatomy of a good workshop
Ninety minutes, minute by minute.
This is the Quarter planning wall at its shortest. The template sets each timer for you; the widths below show how long each round takes.
Warm-up
One doodle each about last quarter.
Spill
Everyone writes bets privately, then reveal.
Sort
Cluster bets, draw dependency arrows, name the themes.
Vote
Five votes each, totals hidden until the end.
Settle
Owners and dates for the top three.
Wrap
Muster writes the summary.
Run your next session on a template.
Open any template on the free plan. Change the prompts, keep the timings, and save it as your team’s own version.