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.

Scale items are statements for which the survey asks for agreement:

You should pay attention to this when formulating your own scale items:

1. The right format: A Health Check item is answered on a scale from “Strongly disagree” to “Strongly agree”. Accordingly, you cannot use open questions here. Example of an open question: “How have you liked our Daily in recent weeks?” Reformulation as a scale question for the Health Check: “I have really enjoyed our Daily in recent weeks.”
2. Ask about subjective impressions: A Health Check scale item is not suitable for querying objective facts. Example: “Our Dailys last a maximum of 15 minutes.” This metric can be measured objectively and is not suitable for a Health Check. Instead, you can use a Health Check scale item to capture the more difficult to grasp subjective impressions: “Our Dailys are time well spent for me.”
3. Specify the framework: For many topics, the frame of reference could be interpreted differently. For example: “We constructively question requirements.” In this formulation, it is open both who “we” are and what requirements are meant. Depending on the desired framework, you could be more specific: “As a team, we question the requirements of our Product Owner before implementing topics.”

Take a look at our tips for setting up health checks on team- as well as health checks at workspace level.