Kromatic's Free Agile Templates for Innovation Teams, Explained
Five templates plus a program to stop running bad experiments.
By Tristan Kromer · Quick Answer: Kromatic offers five free agile ceremony templates—Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review, Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, and Backlog Grooming—specifically designed for innovation teams running experiments. They’ve also launched their Running Better Experiments Program, a five-week live cohort that teaches us how to design the right experiments, reduce bias, uncover actionable results, and define clear next steps for innovation projects.
Hi there,
We’ve been busy designing new approaches to innovation at Kromatic, and I wanted to catch you up on some resources we’ve been working on. Check out our latest free templates below!
Break your retros down into these essential elements: What went well? What didn’t go well? What do you want to change for next time?
It’s always helpful to review your sprint at the end! This template will help you share insights generated, make decisions, and celebrate progress from each sprint.
Daily standups are a valuable tool for keeping the team connected and focused on the goals from the sprint planning meeting. This template helps teams design and document their daily standups.
Help your team establish a sprint goal, and then use that goal as the basis to determine which experiment backlog items they should work on during that sprint.
Make sure you have a healthy “bucket” of work to pull from when your’re planning your sprints. The backlog should connect you to your roadmap and your longer-term goals.
We also have new dates for our Running Better Experiments Program! This five-week series of live sessions and online exercises shows you how to design the right kinds of experiments for your innovation projects, as well as how to refine your experiment process to reduce bias, uncover actionable results, and define clear next steps. Our next cohort starts October 24!
Are you looking for a specific tool, resource, or program to help you with your innovation project? Let us know!
Frequently Asked Questions
What free templates does Kromatic offer for innovation teams?
Kromatic offers five free templates: Sprint Retrospective, Sprint Review, Daily Standup, Sprint Planning, and Backlog Grooming. These templates help innovation teams structure their agile ceremonies, from planning sprints around experiment backlogs to reviewing insights generated and celebrating progress. Each template is designed to keep teams connected and focused on their innovation goals.
How does a sprint retrospective template improve innovation projects?
Kromatic’s Sprint Retrospective Template breaks retros into three essential elements: what went well, what didn’t go well, and what you want to change next time. As product managers, we need this structured reflection to continuously improve how our innovation teams operate sprint over sprint, ensuring we learn and adapt quickly.
What is Kromatic’s Running Better Experiments Program?
The Running Better Experiments Program is a five-week series combining live sessions and online exercises. It teaches you how to design the right kinds of experiments for innovation projects, reduce bias in your experiment process, uncover actionable results, and define clear next steps. It’s ideal for teams looking to refine how they validate ideas and run experiments more effectively.
Why is backlog grooming important for innovation sprints?
Backlog grooming ensures you have a healthy “bucket” of work to pull from when planning your sprints. As product managers, we need our backlog connected to the roadmap and longer-term goals so that each sprint focuses on the highest-priority experiments. Kromatic’s Backlog Grooming Template helps teams maintain this alignment between daily work and strategic objectives.
How does sprint planning work for experiment-driven teams?
Kromatic’s Sprint Planning Template helps teams establish a sprint goal and then use that goal to determine which experiment backlog items to work on during the sprint. This approach ensures that every sprint is purposeful—rather than just picking tasks, we’re selecting experiments that directly advance our innovation objectives.
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