Team retrospectives
Learn how to moderate team retrospectives, conduct health checks, and track actions.
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Find answers to frequently asked questions and in-depth guides to all areas of Echometer.
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Watch the two most important workflows in Echometer and get started directly with the right tool.
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1. First steps (8 Article)
Get an overview to get started quickly
Definition of a few important terms (glossary)
To get started successfully in Echometer, a few terms are particularly important:
The roles in Echometer
The authorizations in Echometer are based on 3 roles:
What is a retrospective and how long does it take?
A retrospective is a team workshop designed to reflect on and improve collaboration.
Overview of the features in Echometer
To get an overview of the possibilities in Echometer, we recommend taking a look at our How-to videos.
2. Facilitate retrospectives (6 Article)
All information for new moderators of retrospectives in Echometer (team admins)
Timeboxing in the retrospective
Does your team regularly take longer than planned to complete retrospectives and you're wondering how to improve time management?
Define & track action items
Are you wondering how your team can come up with useful action items and how you can track them with Echometer?
The phases of a retrospective
The retrospective in Echometer follows the classic steps from the textbook:
Understand team health rotation
We believe that the "Spotify Health Check" is not the only correct way to measure team health. Rather, the topics of the health check should be adapted to the needs of the team.
3. Workspace Health (8 Article)
Easy to understand cross-team developments
Use results from Workspace Pulse Check surveys in retrospectives
If you use Workspace Pulse Check surveys, Echometer will automatically generate individual surveys for each team to cover the outstanding questions. See details: Understanding Workspace Health Rotation
Set Up Workspace Pulse Check
In this video, you will learn how to set up the Pulse Check at workspace level in Echometer and what you should pay attention to:
Set up workspace health check (tips)
Here are a few tips on how to set up a health check at workspace level.
Formulate health check scale items (tips)
In Echometer, in addition to the suggested scale items, you can also formulate your own items for your health check.
4. Manage teams (4 Article)
Manage teams properly - for team and workspace administrators
Set up team health check (tips)
Here are a few tips on how to set up a team-level health check.
Formulate health check scale items (tips)
In Echometer, in addition to the suggested scale items, you can also formulate your own items for your health check.
Adjust the team health
Would you like to adjust the team health measurement of your team? It's very easy with team templates and rotation.
Manage team members and name / remove team admins
Would you like to expand your team, remove people, or assign / withdraw the team admin role?
5. My account (4 Article)
For all questions about your personal access
Delete my account
To delete your access, first log in to the Echometer app: https://my.echometerapp.com/
Change the language in Echometer
Echometer is currently available in German and English. Here is how you can change the language:
Customize name and profile picture
Open your account settings by hovering your mouse over your name and email address in the menu bar at the top left and select the entry in the list.
Reset my password
If you are logged into your Echometer account and want to change your password, you can do this via your account settings. You can find this by moving your mouse over your name and email address in the menu bar at the top left and selecting the entry in the list.
6. Workspace administration (7 Article)
Especially for admins of an Echometer workspace
IT security & GDPR
The most important facts in brief:
Delete individual users from workspace
Only workspace admins can remove users from Echometer. To do this, go to Workspace Administration under "Workspace Members" and select the person from the list.
User administration & billing
Billing types
Set up SAML Single Sign On (SSO)
Echometer supports the SAML authentication flow. SAML is only responsible for authentication - it provides a flow for provisioning and synchronizing users between Echometer and the connected federation.
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