🎨🖌️ UI/UX Canvas
Dive into the design studio of our sprint—celebrate the brushstrokes that worked, erase the smudges, and sketch the next masterpiece together.
Template Columns
🚀 Launch Pad
Identify fresh design habits or tools we should begin using to enhance user experience.
Base column: Start✋ Pause Button
Highlight design approaches or processes that hinder our flow and should be stopped.
Base column: Stop🔄 Refresh Loop
Reinforce the successful UI/UX techniques we want to keep iterating.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A design‑focused sprint retrospective that surfaces new UI/UX habits to start, stop, and continue, turning the sprint into a collaborative design studio.
When to use this template
Use when the team delivered UI/UX work and wants to reflect on tools, patterns, and visual decisions that impacted the user experience.
How to facilitate
Open a shared digital canvas, recap the sprint’s design goals and outcomes, and set a timer for each column.
Ask each participant to add a sticky note to the Launch Pad column with a habit, tool, or technique they discovered that should be adopted.
Move to the Pause Button column and have everyone write down design approaches or processes that slowed the flow or caused friction.
Populate the Refresh Loop column with UI/UX practices that delivered value and should be iterated, grouping similar notes together.
Vote on the top two items in each column, discuss concrete actions, assign owners, and record next‑step tasks in the sprint backlog.
Pro Tips
Set a strict timer per column to keep energy high and avoid over‑analysis.
Encourage participants to attach screenshots or quick sketches to their notes for concrete feedback.
Pair junior designers with senior mentors during discussion to surface hidden insights.
FAQ
What if we run out of time to discuss every item?
Prioritize by voting, focus on the top‑voted items, and add the remaining suggestions to the backlog for later review.
How do we handle conflicting opinions on a design habit?
Facilitate a short, data‑driven debate, then decide based on user feedback or metrics and record the agreed action.
Can this template be used for non‑design work?
Yes, the start‑stop‑continue structure works for any discipline; just adjust the column descriptions to fit the context.
What if participants are silent during brainstorming?
Prompt them with a round‑robin round or ask them to write anonymously first, then share their notes.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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