A shared space for daily stand-ups
Figma's Editor Platform team uses FigJam for a quick, daily check-in. Product Manager Bersabel Tadesse created a virtual stand-up template modeled on the one she uses with her engineering partners. Each morning, teammates gather in the file and add stickies to track current and recent work, plus any blockers. Because each file represents a single day's artifact, the team can easily review progress over time.
Turning feedback into a conversation
The research team uses FigJam for more than just jotting down ideas. Researcher Vanessa Van Schyndel found it useful for tightening product feedback loops. Previously, the team tracked feedback from Figma users in spreadsheets, where questions had to be left as comments on individual cells. That process was hard to manage and made it nearly impossible to draw group insights without synchronous conversation, leading to long meetings and extensive searching.
With FigJam, the research team tracks user input while creating a space where cross-functional partners can comment, ask questions, and engage more deeply with the material. In one matrix template above, teammates fill in takeaways from a research report about different archetypes of FigJam users. Vanessa recently invited leaders from design, engineering, and product to read the report and populate the file independently before meeting to discuss it together.
Lowering the barrier to retro feedback
The PM team's retrospective template is used beyond product management, including by teams combining engineering, design, and product. Engineer Karl Jiang highlighted that FigJam's stickies create a low barrier to entry for people who are shy about giving feedback—auto-labeling makes every contribution visible at a glance, which is valuable for teams with varied levels of verbal participation.
To keep retros moving, facilitators can use the FigJam timer. On Karl's team, each person takes 15 minutes to place stickies across the matrix for each topic.
Beyond work: team culture
FigJam files have also become a place to celebrate and socialize. Teammates circulate birthday cards, host speed-drawing competitions, and play board games. For the FigJam launch, the marketing team spent an hour with a cartoon artist learning to sketch llamas, with a llama named Cadbury joining over Zoom while the team drew together with the pen tool.
The built-in timer adds another way to keep teams engaged and on the same page—whether the activity is work-related or just for llamas. More details on the timer are in FigJam's help documentation, and additional templates are available in the Figma Community for stand-ups, retros, architecture diagrams, and more.
