When teams hit repeated roadblocks or become frustrated by things they can’t control, momentum stalls. This template helps break the cycle: designed for teams facing recurring issues, complex challenges, or external obstacles, the Problem Retrospective guides you to shift from complaining to action.
The goal of this activity is to identify problems that the team cannot change and must accept, and to define how to resolve or influence issues over which they can have an impact.
Use it when:
frustration is building over problems outside your control;
team energy is drained by recurring setbacks;
challenges are overlapping, messy, and hard to untangle.
What you’ll get:
agreement on what’s worth solving and how;
renewed focus and team alignment;
practical, impactful next steps.
Product teams, project groups, and Scrum Team are going to find:
a brief overview of the activity and its objectives;
a quick explanation of the structure;
a workspace with various sections full of instructions.
