How to Measure Team Performance with SAFe?
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As Scrum Masters, we all want our teams to continuously improve and reach new levels of performance. But growth requires self-reflection - you have to truly understand where you are before you can get to where you want to be.
Measuring your team's agility is the first step on this path. But how exactly should you go about it? When's the right time, and what do you do with the results?
As a Scrum Master, one of your responsibilities is helping your team continuously improve. But how do you know where you need to improve if you don't measure your current performance?
The Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) provides tools to help Scrum Masters and teams evaluate their agility through a "Measure and Grow" approach. One of these tools is the Team and Technical Agility (TTA) Core Competency Assessment.
?? The TTA assessment helps teams—
??Identify strengths to celebrate
??Recognize areas that need improvement
??Benchmark progress over time
??The assessment asks questions about practices like cross-functional skills, technical debt, testing, DevOps, and more. Teams rate themselves on a scale of 1-5 for each area.
A Scrum Master or other facilitator should run the assessment to ensure objective results. There are two options:
1?? Team members take it individually, then review as a group
2?? Complete it as a group discussion
After completing the TTA, the team reviews the results to find its top strengths and weaknesses. The facilitator guides the discussion but doesn't impose their own views. The goal is for the team to gain shared understanding.
The results highlight where perspectives differ. The team has an open conversation to understand why. These insights often lead to meaningful improvements.
Finally, the team chooses actions to take based on the growth recommendations SAFe provides. The Scrum Master helps the team follow through on these steps and check progress regularly.
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Running a TTA assessment helps teams reflect, gain alignment, and prioritize improvements. It's an impactful exercise that helps benchmark and improve performance on the path to greater agility.
Want to learn more about measuring team agility with SAFe? Visit the Measure and Grow page on the SAFe Community Platform for assessment tools and resources.
If you're not yet an SAFe Community Member, you can gain access by taking any SAFe course. Completing Leading SAFe, SAFe for Teams, or SAFe Scrum Master will provide you full access to the member site, including the Team and Technical Agility assessment.
Take your team's agility to the next level. Learn, assess, and grow together with SAFe.
??Agile Tip of the Week?
When it comes to continuous improvement, you can't manage what you don't measure. That's why regularly measuring your team's agility is critical. The goal is to measure regularly enough to gain insights but not so often that it feels repetitive.