Kudos

Kudos is a way for you to acknowledge the contributions other team members have made during the last sprint. It is an excellent way to build team spirit and boost overall team happiness.

You can give kudos when adding:

• Ideas or comments in a Retrospective
• Health Check survey comments
• Comments to actions or team agreements
• Messages in the Chat panel

You can give kudos either by:

• @ Mentioning a user
• Using the KUDOS tab under the options drop-down menu

Enabling Kudos

Before you can give kudos, you’ll need to be in an active retrospective or health check meeting, and enable the kudos feature.

1. Navigate to the TEAMS tab and open the specific team you wish to run a meeting with.

   

   
   
2. START A RETROSPECTIVE or:
   1. On the RETROSPECTIVES tab, click on START RETROSPECTIVE.
   2. On the HEALTH CHECKS tab, click on START HEALTH CHECK.

3. Choose from a range of available templates.

   

   
   

4. Once you have customized your retrospective / health check, click on the OPTIONS tab and enable the KUDOS option. This option will be remembered for all future meetings.

   

   
   
5. START RETROSPECTIVE / HEALTH CHECK.

Giving Kudos via @mentions

1. Type @ followed by your teammate’s name in the text field.

2. Click the kudos badge that appears next to their name.

   

   
   

3. Choose the type of kudos you wish to give.

   

   
   

4. Write an optional message and click on SAVE CHANGES.

   

   
   

5. Your kudos will be submitted and the mentioned user will also receive an email to let them know.

   

   
   

Giving Kudos via the KUDOS tab

1. Click on the OPTIONS icon in the text field, click to the KUDOS tab, and select the kudos type.

   
   

2. Search for and click on your teammate's name that you wish to give the kudos to.

   

3. Provide an optional message and click on SAVE CHANGES.

   

   
   

4. Your kudos will now be submitted and the mentioned user will receive an email to let them know.