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The title slide and first slides of the Project Retrospective Workshop Slides template

Project Retrospective Workshop Slides

Presentation template for Google Slides and PowerPoint

Make a copy in Google Slides
Price
Free
Slides
10
Difficulty
Beginner
Updated
November 6, 2026

Every slide (10)

Overview

Retrospectives often drift into complaints with nothing to show at the end. This deck gives a facilitator a ready running order: set the ground rules, map the timeline, sort ideas into start, stop and continue, vote with dots, then turn the winners into actions with owners and dates.

The sample follows a fictional fit-out project at Eastlake Works, with a 14 month timeline, a 36 dot vote and four agreed actions. Replace the project facts, ground rules and votes with your own, give every action an owner and a date, and delete any you will not act on.

Useful for

  • A facilitator running a 90 minute lessons-learned workshop at the end of a build project
  • A project manager closing a phase and agreeing three or four changes for the next one
  • A PMO lead who wants every retrospective to follow the same format and feed one central log

What's included

  • Cover and four ground-rule cards that set a blameless tone
  • Supporting slide listing who is in the room, facilitation roles and pre-work
  • Timeline exercise with five moments and a progress marker
  • Swimlane roadmap that places the agreed actions across four months
  • Start, stop, continue slide with a side note, plus a dot vote slide
  • Action process, a make-it-yours guide and a closing contacts slide

How to use it

  1. 1

    Click Make a copy in Google Slides, then confirm on the Google page. The copy is saved to your own Google Drive.

  2. 2

    Replace the project name, timeline moments and figures with the facts of the project you are reviewing.

  3. 3

    Run the exercises with your team, then update the start, stop and continue slide and the dot vote result.

  4. 4

    Give each action an owner and a date on the roadmap and process slides, and delete any you will not act on.

  5. 5

    Delete the Make it yours slide, then present the deck in the workshop or share it with the team.

What you need

Requirements

  • A Google account with access to Google Slides

Works with

  • Google Slides
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (File → Download → .pptx)

Questions

How long does the workshop take?

The sample is planned for 90 minutes with 12 people: 15 minutes for rules and timeline, 35 for sorting ideas, 15 for the vote and 25 for actions. Adjust to your group.

Can I use it for a project that went badly?

Yes. The ground rules keep the discussion on the process rather than on individuals, and every point ends in one thing to change, which suits difficult projects.

Are the organisation, people and figures real?

No. Eastlake Works, its people, the project and every figure and email address in the sample are fictional and are there only to show what a finished deck looks like.

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