‘Sure, we’ll make it’ isn’t always what it seems. The Confidence Score polls the team right after sprint planning on how confident they are that the sprint goal is achievable — anonymous, fast, on a scale of 0 to 5. Hidden doubt becomes visible. Conversations that otherwise wouldn’t happen, now do.
Average: 3.8
The Confidence Score is a short voting round that takes place right after sprint planning. Each team member rates on a scale of 0 to 5 how confident he or she is that the sprint goal will be reached:
0 = no confidence • 5 = full confidence
Results are anonymous by default: once the round closes you see the average and the distribution, but not who voted what. The team decides for itself whether anonymity is wanted.
The facilitator or a team member opens a voting round from the sprint page. Team members vote as soon as they log in, or receive a notification. Once the round is closed — by the facilitator or as soon as everyone has voted — the result appears immediately.
Across sprints, Iterr builds a trend line. Is the average going up? Confidence in the team or the process is growing. Going down? Then there’s something to talk about — before it shows up in the sprint results.
The Confidence Score is primarily meant for POs and RTEs who notice that team members don’t always voice their doubts out loud — and who want to make those doubts discussable anyway, without pushing anyone into the defensive.
