🩺📊 Quality Health Monitor
Let's diagnose our sprint's health, celebrate vital signs of quality, and prescribe actions for a stronger, more resilient workflow.
Template Columns
🟢 Start Vital Checks
Identify new practices to monitor and improve quality metrics from the next sprint onward.
Base column: Start🛑 Stop Toxic Symptoms
Discard habits that degrade code health and cause defects.
Base column: Stop🔵 Continue Healthy Beats
Maintain effective quality rituals that keep the project’s pulse strong.
Base column: ContinueAbout this template
A quality‑focused retrospective that checks health metrics, stops harmful habits, and reinforces strong quality practices.
When to use this template
Use when you want to surface quality‑related issues and celebrate metrics that indicate a healthy codebase.
How to facilitate
Gather the team on a virtual board, set a timer, and explain the purpose of the Quality Health Monitor retrospective.
Start with a quick pulse check: each member shares one observation or metric that reflects the sprint’s quality health.
In the Start Vital Checks column, have participants write new quality practices or metrics to introduce, then discuss and prioritize the top ideas.
Move to the Stop Toxic Symptoms column, collect habits or patterns that caused defects, and vote on the most critical to eliminate.
In the Continue Healthy Beats column, capture rituals or standards that worked well and decide how to embed them consistently.
Turn the top items from each column into concrete action items with owners and due dates, then close with a brief appreciation round.
Pro Tips
Use anonymous sticky notes for the Stop column to surface hidden pain points without fear of blame.
Pair each new metric with a clear definition of "done" so the team knows how to measure it effectively.
Create a visual health dashboard after the retro to track the agreed‑upon metrics each sprint and celebrate improvements.
FAQ
What if the team can’t agree on which metrics to start tracking?
Facilitate a quick dot‑vote to surface the most valuable metrics, commit to trying the top two for one sprint, and review their impact in the next retro.
How do we keep the Stop column constructive rather than blame‑focused?
Frame each item as a symptom of a process issue, not a personal fault, and encourage suggestions for replacement practices.
Can this format work for non‑technical teams?
Yes, replace code‑quality metrics with any quality indicators relevant to the team’s deliverables, such as error rates, client feedback scores, or compliance checks.
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At a glance
- Duration
45–60 min
- Team Size
4-12 people
- Columns
3 columns
- Base Format
Start, Stop, Continue
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