ApproveThis manages your TeleRetro Integration approvals.

When Retrospectives Meet Real Decisions

Let’s be real – most teams suck at following through after retrospectives. You spend an hour brainstorming “action items” in TeleRetro, only to watch them gather digital dust. Why? Because deciding how to implement those ideas gets stuck in endless email threads, Slack pings, and “I thought you were handling this” conversations.

That’s where ApproveThis comes in. When you connect TeleRetro’s action tracking with ApproveThis’ approval automation through Zapier, you turn post-retrospective limbo into a straight-shot process. We’re talking automated approval requests the second someone creates a TeleRetro action item, real-time tracking for stakeholders, and zero license headaches when external partners need to sign off.

What TeleRetro Does (And Where It Needs Backup)

TeleRetro’s solid at what it does: running Agile retrospectives. Teams identify what’s working, what’s not, and create action items. But here’s the rub – action items aren’t actual decisions. They’re just sticky notes with good intentions.

For example: Your dev team flags “server downtime during deployments” as a problem. The action item becomes “Upgrade cloud infrastructure.” Great. Now what? Who approves the budget? Which vendors get considered? How many sign-offs are needed before engineering can even look at AWS pricing? TeleRetro doesn’t handle that part. That’s where approvals go to die.

ApproveThis: The Missing “Do Something” Layer

ApproveThis doesn’t care about your feelings during retrospectives – it cares about getting shit done after. When a TeleRetro action item needs budget, legal review, or cross-departmental buy-in, ApproveThis automates the approval chain. No more:

• Manually creating Jira tickets just to request approvals
• CC’ing 12 people on emails and hoping someone replies

Instead, the second someone adds an action in TeleRetro (“Hire 3 contractors for Q3”), Zapier triggers an approval workflow in ApproveThis. Finance gets a request for budget approval, legal reviews contract terms, and the hiring manager gets notified once everyone’s greenlit. All tracked in one place.

Use Cases That Actually Matter

1. The Budget Black Hole (Finance Teams, Listen Up)

Scenario: Marketing plans a campaign based on retro feedback (“Increase social ad spend”). The action item goes into TeleRetro. With ApproveThis connected:

→ Zapier auto-creates an approval request with the proposed budget
→ Approval thresholds auto-approve requests under $5K, escalating bigger spends to the CFO
→ Once approved, the marketing lead gets instant notification to move forward

No more finance team playing detective on where random budget requests came from. ApproveThis shows the TeleRetro action item context right in the approval request.

2. The Vendor Vetting Vortex (Procurement’s Nightmare)

Your operations team uses TeleRetro to flag “Slow shipping times” and suggests a new logistics partner. Cue ApproveThis:

→ New TeleRetro action triggers a vendor approval workflow
→ Legal reviews contract terms via email (no login needed)
→ Procurement checks pricing against benchmarks using ApproveThis’ calculated fields
→ Once OK’d, the vendor gets added to your system automatically

️Bonus: If someone in legal is OOO, ApproveThis’ vacation delegation auto-reassigns the request. No bottlenecks.

Setup That Doesn’t Require a PhD

Connecting TeleRetro and ApproveThis takes 8 minutes flat. Here’s how:

1. Log into Zapier, create a new Zap
2. Set trigger: “New Action” in TeleRetro (TeleRetro’s docs help here)
3. Choose action: “Create Request” in ApproveThis
4. Map TeleRetro action details to ApproveThis’ fields (e.g., “Action Title” → “Request Description”)
5. Test with a real TeleRetro action – you’ll see the approval pop in ApproveThis

Pro tip: Use ApproveThis’ calculated fields to auto-flag requests needing extra scrutiny. Example: If a TeleRetro action mentions “contract” or “$”, route it to legal/finance automatically.

Why Your Teams Will Actually Like This

For Execs

Less “Why wasn’t I looped in?” surprises. Approval trails in ApproveThis show who approved what, when, and with what comments. Audit-ready without the spreadsheet hell.

For Project Managers

Real-time dashboards replace status update meetings. See which TeleRetro actions are stuck in approval limbo and nudge the right person – not the whole team.

For External Partners

Clients don’t need a TeleRetro login to approve shit. They get an email, click “Approve,” and you’re done. No more “Can you resend that link?” Fridays.

The Bottom Line

TeleRetro helps teams identify what needs to change. ApproveThis makes those changes actually happen. Together via Zapier, they turn retrospectives from talk shops into action factories.

️You’re one Zap away from killing approval bottlenecks. Get started with ApproveThis (free for 14 days), or book a demo to see how it works with your TeleRetro setup.