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How it works

Run the retro, then leave with the work already moving.

SprintPulse walks the team through a simple Plus/Delta retro, captures the conversation, and turns it into summaries, action items, Jira or Linear tasks, exports, and progress checks.

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The format

Plus/Delta keeps the retro easy to enter and hard to ignore.

SprintPulse does not ask the facilitator to choose from a library of exercises before every retro. Plus captures what the team should keep. Delta captures what should change. The simplicity helps the team reach the real outcome faster: a useful conversation and visible follow-up.

Plus

What should we keep doing?

Wins, useful habits, helpful decisions, and team behaviors worth repeating.

Delta

What should change next?

Friction, blockers, missed handoffs, unclear process, and opportunities to improve.

Why it works

A simple format lowers setup time, makes participation obvious, and gives AI a clearer structure for summaries, themes, and action item suggestions.

The full session flow

What happens during a SprintPulse retro.

The product guides the room from setup to locked record, so the facilitator can focus on the conversation instead of reconstructing it afterward.

1

Setup

Create your board

Give the retro a name, choose the team, and start with SprintPulse's simple Plus/Delta format. You can set vote limits, add a retro date, enable anonymous feedback, and allow comments when the conversation needs more context.

Vote limits Retro date Team folders Anonymous mode Comments

Helpful detail: Create a new board for each sprint or project phase so trends and recurring themes stay visible over time.

2

Invite

Bring the team in

Share a join code, send email invitations, or post the board link to Slack. Teammates can join quickly with email or Google, and live presence shows who is in the room.

Join code Email invite Slack link Google sign-in Live presence

Helpful detail: Remote teammates and guests see the same board state, so the room does not depend on screen sharing.

3

Start

Open the retro together

The facilitator starts the session and guides everyone through each step in sync. Before feedback begins, participants can share their mood so the room has a better read on the team's state.

Facilitator-led flow Synchronized timer Mood check-in Step-by-step room

Helpful detail: The facilitator keeps control of the pace without having to narrate where everyone should click next.

4

Collect

Gather Plus and Delta feedback

Participants add Plus items for what worked and Delta items for what should improve. Feedback appears in real time, typing indicators show that people are still contributing, and done status makes it clear when the team is ready to move on.

Plus column Delta column Real-time updates Typing indicators Done status

Helpful detail: Use anonymous feedback and comments when candor matters, then use reactions and comments to add context without derailing the flow.

5

Prioritize

Vote on what deserves the discussion

Team members vote on the items that matter most. Optional vote limits keep the signal sharp, and feedback auto-sorts by vote count so the team can focus on the highest-energy topics first.

One-click voting Optional vote limits Auto-sorted priority Focused discussion

Helpful detail: The goal is not to discuss every card. It is to spend the room's attention where change would matter.

6

Plan

Reflect and create action items

Work through the top-voted themes, raise hands to speak without interrupting, and turn decisions into action items with owners and due dates. AI can suggest concrete next steps while the team still decides what to commit to.

Raised hands AI-suggested actions Owners Due dates Jira and Linear sync

Helpful detail: Action items can become Jira or Linear issues, with status and ownership kept connected through two-way sync.

7

Finish

Capture insights and share the record

Before closing, participants can rate their mood after the retro and score the retro's usefulness. SprintPulse generates an AI summary with key takeaways, sentiment, and meeting metrics, then lets you export or share the result.

Mood after the retro Quality rating AI summary PDF export Excel export Slack and email

Helpful detail: Lock the board when the retro is done so the record stays intact and accidental edits do not change the history.

SprintPulse retrospective board with Plus and Delta feedback, voting, and team collaboration

During the retro

The room stays focused without making facilitation heavy.

Facilitator-led navigation keeps everyone on the same step. Timers, done status, presence, raised hands, comments, and reactions help the team move without losing quieter voices.

Smart Merge helps the facilitator group repeated feedback into clearer themes. Voting then pushes the discussion toward the items that matter most to the team.

After the retro

The summary, actions, and exports are ready while the context is still fresh.

SprintPulse turns the meeting into a usable record: key takeaways, sentiment, action item suggestions, mood changes, ratings, PDF and Excel exports, Slack and email sharing, and Jira or Linear tasks.

AI summary

A clear recap with key takeaways, themes, sentiment, and useful meeting metrics.

Action item handoff

Owners, due dates, and Jira or Linear sync keep the work connected to the discussion.

Mood and quality ratings

See whether the retro helped the room and whether the format was useful.

Exports and sharing

Send the record to Slack or email, export PDF or Excel, then lock the board.

SprintPulse AI summary with themes, sentiment, and action item suggestions
SprintPulse analytics showing recurring topics, sentiment, and action item progress

Between retros

The retro becomes a feedback loop, not a meeting note.

Team admins get a centralized view of pending action items across retrospectives. Analytics surface recurring topics, sentiment trends, team health signals, and whether previous actions actually moved.

The next-retro check

Start the next session by asking what changed. SprintPulse keeps the action tied to the theme that created it, so the team can see whether the improvement survived the handoff.

Try the full flow

Run a real SprintPulse retro and see the handoff change.

Create a board, invite your team, collect Plus and Delta feedback, and leave with a summary plus tracked action items. The free plan includes 3 boards.

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Next sprint follow-up

Generated from the retro summary

Synced

Set daily PR review windows for the platform team

Owner: Maya Due: Friday Jira SPRINT-42

Check next retro: did review wait time drop?

SprintPulse keeps the action tied to the original theme.

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