The Team Health Check is a self-assessment process for Agile teams who want to improve the way they work together. Results are tracked over time so that the team can see growth and continuously identify new areas for improvement.
The Agile Team Health Check is a great way to take the temperature of a team and start down a path of continuous improvement.
Take the Team Health quiz for some example of questions your team will answer during a Team Health Check.
By learning how to facilitate a team health check, you will be instrumental in helping your team build a growth mindset. After taking our Agile Team Health Check class, you’ll have the tools and confidence to implement team health checks in your own organization.
In addition, upon completion of the Agile Team Health Check class, you will receive the following:
After completing the Agile Team Health Check (ATHC) class, you will receive a digital credential that provides you with a visual and shareable validation that you have learned the skills and strategies to facilitate your own team health checks. The credential also shows your audience that you have taken the steps to learn more about continuous improvement in an Agile and Scrum environment. You will receive your credential as an image file that you can proudly add to your online resume and share on social media.
At the core of Agile continuous improvement is the idea that you are always reviewing and making changes to your processes to encourage improvement and growth. The individuals and interactions within a team are critical in determining whether your organization can develop a continuous improvement mindset. Because the team is central to continuous improvement, it is important that you monitor the overall health of your team(s). Regular team health checks are a great way to accomplish this.
During the Agile Team Health Check training class, you will learn about different models and tools that range from simple to implement, like a Happiness Door, to more advanced models like the Spotify Squad Health Check Model and AgilityHealth. You will also learn the steps and skills that you need to facilitate a team health check to ensure your team feels safe, comfortable, and confident with the process. The class will include an engaging mix of live presentation, videos, and participant breakout and team activities.
See our Learn Scrum article to learn more about the Agile Team Health Check.
Successfully coaching Agile teams depends in large part on Agile process improvement. When your team has a shared vision for improvement, your job becomes much easier. We are excited to share health check tools and strategies with you so that your team can begin transforming its health and start down a path of continuous improvement together.
One of the strategies we discuss in the Agile Team Health Check course is the Spotify Squad Check model. If you are searching for Agile and Scrum improvement tools, the Squad Health Check is a great place to start. The methods we teach are scalable to tech and non-tech organizations of any size.
Examples of continuous improvement strategies covered in the Agile Team Health Check course include the happiness index and Scrum health check. We speak with Scrum teams on a daily basis, so we understand the difficulties that teams face in addressing problem areas and aligning toward a common goal. If you are looking for Scrum continuous improvement tools, we are here to help.
Natalie Roberts is the Training and Operations Manager at Scrum Training Institute. She is a Certified AgilityHealth Facilitator (AHF) and has over 20 years of experience as a trainer, facilitator, and education leader in private and public sectors.
She has also consulted education and non-profit organizations who are implementing education technology solutions and process improvements.
Natalie is based Orlando, Florida, where she is self-employed. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Geneseo and a Masters of Science degree from the College of Business & Industry at Mississippi State University.
Being the first Certified Scrum Practitioner (CSP) and one of the first Certified Scrum Trainers (CST), worldwide, Jens Ostergaard has successfully certified over 10,000 people and helped numerous companies on there agile journey. He is the longest serving CST.
Having more than 25 years of experience as a developer, dba, team manager, project manager and ScrumMaster, primarily in financial organizations, he has worked with all aspects of software development. Jens has managed several Scrum projects, and became a fully qualified CSM Trainer, in Copenhagen, 2004. Apart from consulting and training, Jens gives popular presentations about Scrum, at conferences and for organizations.
Jens base is in Florida, where he is self-employed. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Systems Analysis at Linköping University, Sweden, and one year at graduate school, business department, in Madison, Wisconsin.
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