A Retrospective meeting (or Retrospective sprint as it is sometimes called) is a step in the Agile model that allows for teams to take an overall look at what they have done over a period of time — a week, a month, etc. — to determine what’s working for them and what’s not.

Get free Save the Cat and 5-act beat board templates with Stormboard! Simplify your writing process with unlimited space, seamless collaboration, and easy recovery of discarded ideas. Perfect for novelists and screenwriters, our templates help you map out your story visually and clearly.

An introduction to Stormboard's SWOT analysis template. We'll go through how you can use a collaborative digital whiteboard to conduct an effective SWOT and help your business thrive!

Every organization may approach their planning cycle differently, but more often than not, the common theme amongst them all is quarterly planning.

With 2023 on the horizon, this article will define a few key items that should be considered in every quarterly plan, along with a strategy on how to make your plans more concise, contextual, and all-around more effective

Stormboard’s sticky notes are powerful tools that enable you and your team to work more effectively and efficiently. Share and connect ideas, files, videos, lists, and more on our collaborative digital workspace!

Stormboard is an ideal tool for large businesses, Enterprise Teams, remote workers, and hybrid organizations, but did you know it’s also the perfect planning and project management tool for small teams and individuals?

The Rose, Bud, and Thorn template from Stormboard is built to guide users through this very popular design thinking process and retrospective technique.

Simple, yet very effective, Rose, Bud, Thorn, was designed to help identify the positive outcomes (Rose), the opportunities (Bud), and the challenges (Thorn) from your last Agile sprint or project.

Since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001, the Agile movement has continued to evolve and gain traction in companies around the world.

Crafted by seventeen visionary people who wanted a clear way to unite all of the different forms of Agile and to improve software development - the Agile Manifesto has become must-read material for organizations of all types.

It’s tough to find that one tool that can help your entire team. That’s why we have curated this list of the Top 10 Templates on Stormboard for marketing teams. Whether you are re-tooling your entire approach to marketing, looking to refine your audience, or you just need a tool that keeps your team on task, Stormboard has a template for you.

Planning and publishing relevant, timely content is key to promoting your business, brand, and encouraging customer engagement. Whether you work in a small team or one that crosses multiple timezones, it’s important to find the right content planning tool that allows your team to stay on the same page.

How do you maximize your chances of creating a lasting business? By maximizing engagement — attract customers, draw them into your product, and work toward changing them from passive users into an active part of your company’s development.

Whether you are reconnecting with members of your remote team, staying connected, introducing your remote or hybrid teams to each other, or starting and continuing conversations, Stormboard has an Icebreaker Template for you!

It’s no secret that successful business models rely on effective communication between employees. Team collaboration results in a steady pace of productivity, and if done correctly, ensures that all members of a team stay on the same page. The ideal result is a brainstorming environment that maintains employee engagement and ensures that all employees are performing at their fullest potential.

A good Project Status Report is clear, concise, and will quickly update your team on the health and progress of your project.

Project management is a challenge — there are countless moving parts, and it is easy to get off track if you don’t have the goals and parameters of your project clearly defined.

Developed by Jim Kalbach, a UX strategist, in 2012, the Project Canvas was created to give everyone working on a project a view of not only the goals and individual elements of the project, but the relationships between them at-a-glance, so that the entire team can stay aligned in their work.

The 8 Steps to Problem Solving Method was developed by Toyota Motor Corporation as a practical, structured, and simple way to handle any problem from the smallest issue to the most complex roadblock.

A blank page can be daunting, and so can a blank template.

We understand that getting started is sometimes the most challenging part of a meeting, brainstorm, or online collaboration, so to help you work better together, we have added a new feature — the ability to add sample content to your template!

If you’re part of an Agile team, you may be using Scrum, which involves highly organized teams that follow an iteration work process. Part of your process likely combines Scrum with the Lean Development approach (which is another Agile method), or you might be looking to transition from Scrum to Lean.

The Feature Specification Template will help to guide you in creating a product people love. Ensuring that you have well thought out feature specifications will allow you to identify and overcome any objections users may have when deciding whether or not to purchase your product.

With the rapid development of business process improvement and business methodologies — from Agile all the way Six Sigma — within the last few decades, it may come as a surprise that one of the most tried and true protocols would originate from a work of fiction by M. Goldratt.