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Re:Retroospect for Teams by telecuda on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @12:36PM (#10153671)
We use 15Five (employees spend 15mins/wk answering questions, managers spend 5mins reviewing). It's extremely valuable for measuring happiness and weekly goal attainment while soliciting ongoing feedback. What I like most is that it draws information out of those employees who prefer written over face-to-face interactions, and enables me to address 'concerns' before they become 'issues.'

15Five trial referral link: http://ssqt.co/tkdC

Edit: How does 15Five compare to Retroospect, now that I see someone from the team is on here?

Re:Retroospect for Teams by tancredi on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @12:56PM (#10153854)
Haven't used 15five, although it looks to me like a report form for weekly challenges, issues and so on - Text-based, way longer to fill in, yet probably more detailed.

Retroospect on a basic usage takes like 15 seconds to fill weekly and only tracks 5 basic data points, allows anonymity and produces charts, breakdown reports, etc... it's a more lightweight product, demands less from users and cost less - quite different kettle of fish.

In my experience teams tend to stop using products that demand too much after little time unless you enforce their use, although these tools are probably a better choice if you want in depth reports.

Re:Retroospect for Teams by telecuda on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @12:59PM (#10153883)
Great feedback, thank you!
Re:Retroospect for Teams by tancredi on Tuesday September 01, 2015 @01:18PM (#10154071)
:)