Stop searching through an endless sea of template options. Find exactly what you need, when you need it.
R&D teams face a never-ending challenge: moving fast while maintaining quality. Every minute spent hunting for the right template or setting up a workshop is a minute not spent innovating. That's why we've transformed how you discover and use R&D templates in Mural.
What are role & use case template collections?
Role and use case template collections are curated groups of templates tailored to your specific work in R&D. Instead of scrolling through generic options, you can select your specific use case or role and see templates designed for your exact needs. Whether you're running a sprint retrospective, mapping user journeys, or aligning on product roadmap, you’ll find the right template.
When you set your role during onboarding or in your Profile settings, Mural automatically highlights the most relevant collection with a "For you" tag. Click into any collection to explore role-specific templates that support your goals, from customer discovery to technical diagramming to stakeholder alignment. These collections include:
- Daily scrum meeting templates
- Sprint planning and retrospective templates
- Customer journey and empathy mapping templates
- User story and persona templates
- Technical diagramming and architecture templates
Why we built it
We know that 95% of product launches don’t quite hit the mark, often due to misalignment between R&D teams and their stakeholders. Time wasted searching for resources or setting up collaborative sessions only adds to the headaches. R&D teams told us they needed faster access to the right tools for their specific workflows.
With role-based templates for R&D, we're helping your team focus on what matters: building customer-centric products that succeed in the market.
How role & use case collections help you
Accelerate sprint planning and retrospectives
Access sprint-specific templates instantly from your dashboard. The 50-minute sprint planning template guides you through backlog refinement, capacity planning, and task assignment. Now you can compress what used to take hours into a single meeting slot. No more overtime planning sessions or incomplete sprint kickoffs. Your team completes sprint planning faster, meaning products reach market faster.
Streamline customer research and discovery
Researchers and product managers can jump directly to user research templates tailored for customer interviews, journey mapping, and persona development. Each template includes best practices and guidance that accelerate insight gathering. Capturing and synthesizing customer feedback more quickly empowers you to validate decisions earlier.
Align cross-functional teams faster
When product, design, and engineering need to align on roadmaps or technical decisions, role-based collections surface the exact frameworks you need. Whether it's a wall of work template for capacity planning or a technical architecture diagram, you stop the setup friction that delays critical decisions.
When to use Role & Use Case collections (with examples)
1. Scrum masters running daily standups
Your team has 15 minutes for standup, but setup usually takes 5. With the daily scrum meeting template in your role-based templates, you're ready in seconds. The template's pre-built structure for blockers, progress, and next steps keeps the team focused, finishing on time with clear action items.
2. Product managers planning quarterly roadmaps
Instead of starting from scratch or adapting a generic template, you access the product roadmap template from your PM collection. It includes sections for high-level goals, individual workstreams, owners, dependencies, and success metrics.
3. UX researchers synthesizing user feedback
After customer interviews, you need to quickly identify patterns and insights. The research synthesis template in your UX research collection provides the exact framework for organizing feedback. This helps you move from raw data to actionable insights and speed up product research.
Pro tips for getting the most from template collections
- Set your role in Profile settings: This ensures you see the "For you" tag on your most relevant collection, making it even faster to find what you need.
- Explore multiple collections: Check use case collections for templates that support your in-the-moment needs, regardless of your role.
- Leverage the 50-minute templates: These time-boxed templates are specifically designed to fit standard meeting slots while driving clear outcomes.
- Star your favorites: Build your personal collection of go-to templates for even faster access during critical moments.
Try it now
Your next sprint planning session, PI planning, customer discovery, or roadmap review doesn't have to start with a blank canvas. Access your personalized template collections now and see how much faster your R&D team can move from idea to implementation.
Get started by exploring your templates at app.mural.co/dashboard to learn how Mural can accelerate your R&D workflows.
