Petal — Team Health Check

Why PETALS

Healthy teams deliver better.

PETALS is a framework to help improve team health, rapidly and regularly, with a tried and tested method from large tech organisations.

i.

Small problems show up in the data before they grow into big ones.

ii.

Business and tech see the same picture, so the talk is about facts, not feelings.

iii.

Each Retro has clear data to act on, so the team keeps getting better.

What is PETALS

Focus on five key metrics to identify continuous improvement. Tap a petal to explore.

How it works

A simple loop that runs every sprint.

1

At the end of each sprint, everyone does a quick, anonymous check-in.

2

Answer two questions for each of the five pillars, on a 1–5 scale.

3

Scores roll up into team results, so trends show sprint by sprint.

4

Talk about the trends in the Retro and agree on actions together.

↻ Repeat every sprint About 2 minutes Anonymous 10 questions