Check-in / Check-out questions

Before starting, you can set the tone and get your team to engage with a CHECK IN question. Similarly, you can use a CHECK OUT question to get feedback on the impact at the end of your meeting. These are available in retrospectives and health checks.

CHECK IN QUESTIONS


The 5 Check-in Questions are:

  • Energy Levels - What are the current energy levels for the team?
  • Weather Report - How would they rate the last sprint as a weather report?
  • Psychological Safety Check - How safe does the team feel heading into the meeting?
  • Team Collaboration - How well does the team currently work together?
  • Sprint Happiness - How happy is the team with the last sprint?

How to create a check-in question:


  1. Navigate to the RETROSPECTIVES tab within a specific team.
  2. Click on START A RETROSPECTIVE and choose your template, or CUSTOMIZE if you have already created one.

  1. Select the PROCESS tab.


  1. Enable the WELCOME stage. Choose a CHECK IN QUESTION.


  1. Click SAVE CHANGES. The Welcome Step will now display the check-in question for participants to answer.

  1. You can REVEAL RESULTS when ready and discuss this with the team. You can also change the check-in question in the WELCOME step.


CHECK OUT QUESTIONS


The 4 Check Out Questions are:

  • Return on Time Invested (ROTI) - Was the meeting worth your time?
  • Pulse Check - How does the team feel leaving the meeting?
  • Delivery Confidence - How confident are you that the team will deliver on time?
  • Retrospective Process - How satisfied are you with the way the retrospectives are conducted?

How to create a check-out question:


  1. Go to the PROCESS tab, then to the CLOSE step and select your CHECK OUT QUESTION.


  1. The CLOSE step will now display the check-out question for participants to answer.


  1. You can REVEAL RESULTS when ready and discuss this with the team. You can also change the check-out question in the CLOSE step.


Insights and trends


You can also track the trends over time if you continuously run the same check-in / check-out questions with your teams.


Team Level

  1. To see the insights related to the check-in / check-out questions for your specific team, simply click on the TEAMS tab, followed by the team you want to see the data for, followed by the INSIGHTS tab. From there, click on either the RETROSPECTIVES or the HEALTH tab as below:

  1. Scroll down to the Check in/out questions section and choose the question you would like to see the trends for from the drop-down list:


Account Level

Cross-team insights are only available on the Enterprise plan.

  1. To see the insights related to the check-in / check-out questions across all teams, simply go to the account HOME page and click on the INSIGHTS tab. From there, click on either the RETRORPSECTIVES or the HEALTH tab as below:

  1. Scroll down to the Check in/out questions section and choose the question you would like to see the trends for from the drop-down list:

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