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Agile Iteration Process Diagram Template

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Make your agile iteration clear: map planning, research, design, build, test and updates, then capture a retrospective and celebrate what your team learned.

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How to use this agile process diagram

Use this visual to explain one iteration of your team’s work. The design, build and test loop makes room for updates before you reflect on the iteration together.

1. Set the direction: use Plan and Research to state the goal and what you need to learn.
2. Work through the loop: describe Design, Build and Test, then use Update to capture changes prompted by feedback.
3. Reflect and recognise: add a Retrospective action and something to Celebrate, then carry your learning into the next plan.

Illustrative example — fictional content

One iteration to improve a team knowledge hub

This fictional example follows the stages shown in the template. Adapt the activities to your team’s process.

Plan

Help new teammates find the current onboarding checklist. Agree what a successful search should show.

Research

Ask new teammates where they looked first and note which search terms they used.

Design

Sketch clearer search results with a checklist title, owner and last-reviewed date.

Build

Create a working version of the revised results for the team to try.

Test

Ask teammates to find the current checklist and observe where they hesitate.

Update

Rename a confusing result and repeat the design, build and test loop to check the change.

Retrospective

Discuss what helped the team learn. Agree to involve a new teammate earlier in the next iteration.

Celebrate!

Recognise the people who tested the work and share what the team learned.