# Retrospective: [Team, project, or period]

**Date:** YYYY-MM-DD  
**Facilitator:** [Name]  
**Period reviewed:** [Start–end]  
**Participants:** [Names or roles]

## Purpose

[State what the group is reviewing and what improvement decision is needed.]

## Evidence reviewed

- Outcome or metric: [Result]
- Previous action-item status: [Summary]
- Relevant customer, quality, or delivery evidence: [Links]

## What went well

- [Specific practice or outcome worth repeating]

## What did not go well

- [Specific friction, failure, or missed expectation]

## What we learned

- [Learning supported by an example or evidence]

## Themes and contributing factors

| Theme | Evidence | Contributing factor | Within our control? |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Theme] | [Example or metric] | [Cause or condition] | Yes/Partly/No |

## Improvement experiments

| Experiment | Expected result | Measure | Owner | Review date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| [Small change to try] | [Expected effect] | [Signal] | [Name] | YYYY-MM-DD |

## Decisions

| Decision | Rationale | Owner | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Decision] | [Why] | [Name] | YYYY-MM-DD |

## Actions

- [ ] [Action] · **Owner:** [Name] · **Due:** YYYY-MM-DD

## Parking lot

- [Topic outside this retrospective]

## Check-out

- Confidence that actions will happen: [1–5]
- What would raise confidence by one point? [Answer]

> Choose one or two measurable changes. A long action list is less useful than a small experiment that the next retrospective can review.