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Easy RetroBuilt from experience. Made for real teams.

In development · Beta

Retrospectives help teams look back together and turn ideas into meaningful improvements. With Easy Retro, I’m building a digital tool that makes those conversations simple and focused.

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The story

It started with a need I saw at work.

Working in IT project management and PMO roles, I’ve used many useful tools. Jira and Confluence, for example, are great for organising projects, tracking work and sharing knowledge.

But I often wished for a straightforward, interactive board dedicated to retrospectives: one place where everyone could share thoughts, collect feedback, prioritise topics and agree on practical improvements.

That idea became Easy Retro. It’s my personal software project, and I’m developing it step by step. My focus is on building something genuinely helpful in everyday teamwork – without adding more complexity.

Easy Retro: Sprint 24 Retro with four columns, feedback cards, a cluster and vote counts. German interface.
Collect, cluster and prioritise ideas together on a retro board.

The features

From shared thoughts to meaningful action.

Easy Retro supports the retrospective process, from collecting feedback to following up on action items.

Capture and organise feedback

Create boards with custom columns, add ideas as cards and combine related contributions into clusters. Contributions can be displayed anonymously. In private collection mode, guests initially see only their own cards, until the board owner opens the discussion to the group.

Discuss and prioritise together

Participants can join a board through a guest link and vote within configurable limits. A timer helps keep the session moving. Optional screen-sharing privacy blurs card content for the owner’s presentation; it does not replace access controls.

Turn insights into action

Record action items with owners and optional due dates. Track open, completed and overdue items across your boards. Simple insights show retrospective counts, cards and action-item progress.

Also included: Board status and archiving · personal board overview · Excel-compatible export and copyable Confluence markup · interface in German, English and Spanish.

More to explore

My Boards & Insights

My Boards: three retrospectives with their status, card and action-item counts. German interface.
An overview of your retrospectives, status and key details.
Insights: retrospective, card and action-item metrics, completion rate and activity by board. German interface.
A compact view of boards, cards and action items.
Easy Retro in action: from an idea to a team decision.

Beta

Easy Retro is still in development.

The web app is already working, but I’m still improving it and testing it with a small group of people. Interested in trying Easy Retro and sharing feedback? Send me a short email and I’ll share the link with you personally.

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