Performance appraisals are a single most challenge we have to crack yet. We still try to gauge individual performance in a team, which I feel is not the right way to appraise agile teams.
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2Possible duplicate of How to measure individual performance in a Scrum environment? Please search before asking.– Alan LarimerNov 14, 2017 at 0:06
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It's not a duplicate question! We are already measuring individual performance. My question is beyond that.– ssharmaNov 14, 2017 at 4:54
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@ssharma - please update the question to demonstrate why this is not a duplicate. Merely asserting that the question is different doesn't help. How is it different?– MCWNov 16, 2017 at 11:07
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Because it isn't.
You can either have a team that performs at the cost of individual goals or individuals that perform at the cost of common goals. You cannot have both. Individual goals will always supercede common goals.
The idea behind self-organizing teams is that they know best what needs to be done, what goals need to be achieved and can/will tell you if a member is not carrying his weight. Many aspects of what makes a good team are incredibly hard to track on an individual level. And a mismatch between what you need and what you are appraising by can have a significant negative impact on your results.
For more information I strongly suggest reading Peopleware.
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This is one of the better answers I've seen to this question as it is direct without being unnecessarily adversarial about it.– DanielNov 13, 2017 at 15:43
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This is almost dogmatic. Individual goals will always supercede common goals. This is true only if individual goals are orthogonal to common goals. Aug 15, 2018 at 17:28
The model I've seen successfully used is a 50/50 model.
The first 50% of a person's review is based on the overall team performance. Everyone in the team gets the same percentage and this is based on the team's ability to deliver working, defect-free, product.
The second 50% is based on the individual and their meeting development goals. These are not work product related. Instead, they are goals that will lead to them improving as an employee. Learning a new software language, developing public speaking skills, taking leadership training, etc.
By doing this, it promotes the team helping the team to improve as everyone on the team gets the same score for 50% of their overall review.
answered Nov 13, 2017 at 16:41
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1This sounds like a great model. I just would like to "disagree" with calling this 50/50 in the sense of the question. It's not part team performance and part individual performance. It only counts team performance and personal improvement which are far more compatible with each other.– KempethNov 14, 2017 at 7:34
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@Kempeth That's a great way of saying it. You're spot on that it's "personal improvement" not "personal performance." Thanks for the new language. Nov 14, 2017 at 17:01