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Fix It in Your Next Retro. Velocity won't show you a team running on empty. Run health checks and retros in Jira to catch burnout while it's still a conversation, not a resignation. Velocity won't show you a team running on empty. Run health checks and retros in Jira to catch burnout while it's still a conversation, not a resignation. [Get the Free Team Health Check Kit](https://www.catapultlabs.com/team-health-metrics-jira#kit) Try TeamPulse Free ![TeamPulse team health check results in Jira](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/Site/collapse-pulse.webp) Quick answer ## How do you measure team health in Jira? Run a short team health check on a regular cadence, with the same dimensions each time (for example workload, stress, teamwork and communication). Bring the lowest scores to your next retrospective, agree action items and track them as Jira issues, then use the next check-in to see whether the scores moved. TeamPulse runs the health checks inside Jira, and Agile Retrospectives for Jira runs the retro and turns action items into Jira issues. ## Your delivery metrics can't see your team. Jira is great at telling you how much work moved. It wasn't built to tell you how the people moving it are holding up, and by the time that shows up in delivery, you're already late. What your Jira dashboards show - ✓**Velocity and story points** How much the team finished - ✓**Burndown and sprint progress** Whether the sprint is on track - ✓**Cycle time and throughput** How fast work flows - ✓**Done vs. planned** How well the team estimated What they can't tell you - ?**Who is stretched too thin** Morale lives in 1:1s, so it never gets recorded. - ?**A bad week or a trend** One-off surveys are snapshots, not direction. - ?**Whether feedback led to change** Nothing changes, and people stop being honest. - ?**Which team needs support** Every team asks different questions in a different place. From score to retro ## Run a health check, then ask the right question Each check-in turns how the team feels into a score. Your retro turns that score into a conversation. ![](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DevEx/icon-sad.webp?width=170&height=177&name=icon-sad.webp) Stress ![](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DevEx/icon-calendar-missing.webp?width=170&height=177&name=icon-calendar-missing.webp) Workload ![](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DevEx/icon-no-link.webp?width=170&height=177&name=icon-no-link.webp) Communication ![](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hs-fs/hubfs/DevEx/icon-security.webp?width=170&height=177&name=icon-security.webp) Delivery confidence !The check-in shows Stress went up two check-ins in a row. → What it could mean Something changed recently: a deadline, a reorg, a new on-call rotation. → Bring it to your retro > “What changed for us recently?” !The check-in shows Most of the team rated workload too high. → What it could mean The sprint plan assumes more capacity than the team feels it has. → Bring it to your retro > “What can we take out of the next sprint?” !The check-in shows Communication scored lower than any other dimension. → What it could mean Information is getting lost between people, roles or time zones. → Bring it to your retro > “Where are we talking past each other?” !The check-in shows Confidence dropped right before the release. → What it could mean The people closest to the work see a risk the plan doesn't show yet. → Bring it to your retro > “What risk do we see that the plan doesn't?” Illustrative examples. Your dimensions and results will be your own. TeamPulse + Agile Retrospectives ## Spot it in the check-in, fix it in the retro Two Jira apps, one loop. The health check shows what's slipping, the retro decides what to change, and the next check-in shows if it worked. ![Silver Atlassian Marketplace Partner](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/Site/silver-marketplace-partner.png) ![Jira](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/Site/Products/Jira-1.svg) Step 1![TeamPulse](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/logo-teampulse.svg) Check in every sprint Everyone rates the team on workload, stress, teamwork and more. Async or live, inside Jira. Step 2![TeamPulse](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/logo-teampulse.svg) See what needs attention Results per dimension show where the team is struggling, before it shows up in delivery. Step 3![Agile Retrospectives](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/Site/Products/Agile%20Retros.svg) Talk it through in your retro Bring the lowest scores to the retro. 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[Get My Team Health Check Kit](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1227873/teampulse-health-check-ins-for-jira?tab=overview&hosting=cloud&utm_source=catapult-landing&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=2026-q4-devex-team-health&utm_content=kit-cta-teampulse) ![sect-img-1](https://www.catapultlabs.com/hubfs/Site/DexEx%20Jira/sect-img-1.webp) ## Go deeper on team health and DevEx [Go to Blog](https://www.catapultlabs.com/blog) ### [Metrics That Matter vs. Vanity Metrics: Why Velocity Is the Wrong KPI for Agile Teams Velocity rewards busywork, not outcomes. See which team health metrics actually tell you how your team is doing. Read More](https://www.catapultlabs.com/blog/vanity-metrics-vs-velocity-agile-teams) ### [The Ultimate Guide to Developer Experience in Jira What to measure, where Jira and Confluence workflows create friction, and how to fix it. Read More](https://www.catapultlabs.com/guide/developer-experience-jira) ### [Top 5 Best Jira Plugins for Developer Experience Jira DevEx tools that streamline workflows, cut admin work and improve developer engagement. Read More](https://www.catapultlabs.com/blog/top-5-jira-devex-tools-to-boost-developer-engagement-and-productivity) [Go to Blog](https://www.catapultlabs.com/blog) ## Team health metrics in Jira: FAQ ### What is a team health check? A team health check is a short, recurring self-assessment where an agile team rates how it's doing on dimensions such as workload, stress, teamwork, communication and delivery confidence. The team reviews the results together and turns the lowest scores into action items. Run on a regular cadence, it shows changes in morale before they show up in delivery metrics. ### What are developer experience (DevEx) metrics? Developer experience metrics describe how it feels to do the work: focus time, friction in tools and processes, workload and morale. Some come from systems, like build times or review wait times. Others can only come from the team itself. Team health checks capture that self-reported side. ### How do you measure team health in Jira? Run a short team health check on a regular cadence, with the same dimensions each time. Each team member rates the team, the team brings the lowest scores to the retrospective and agrees action items, and the next check-in shows whether things moved. TeamPulse runs the health checks inside Jira, and Agile Retrospectives for Jira turns retro action items into Jira issues. ### How do team health checks and retrospectives work together? The health check tells you what to talk about. The retrospective is where the team talks about it. Run a TeamPulse check-in before the retro, bring the lowest-scoring dimensions to the discussion, and use Agile Retrospectives for Jira to agree action items and turn them into Jira issues. The next check-in shows whether those changes helped. ### How often should we run a team health check? Most teams run one every sprint or once a month, often right before the retrospective. What matters most is keeping the same dimensions and cadence, so you can compare results over time. ### What are early warning signs of burnout in agile teams? Common early signs are a sustained rise in reported stress or workload, falling scores for fun or learning, quieter retrospectives and action items that stop getting done. One low score is a conversation. The same score dropping across several check-ins is a pattern worth acting on. ### Is a team health check a way to monitor individuals? No. It's about the team, not the person. Each member rates the team, and the team reviews the results together to decide what to change. ### What does TeamPulse do? TeamPulse runs team health checks inside Jira. You choose the dimensions, from a template or your own, run sessions asynchronously or live, each member rates the team, and the team reviews results per dimension and creates action items. ### What does Agile Retrospectives for Jira do? Agile Retrospectives for Jira runs sprint retrospectives inside Jira. Pick a template such as Start Stop Continue or Mad Sad Glad, or build your own board. Team members add input privately, group it into themes, vote and discuss, and one click turns an action item into a Jira issue in your backlog. ### What's in the Team Health Check Kit? 8 starter dimensions with questions, guidance on cadence and async vs. live sessions, a 30-minute discussion agenda, and how to read results over time and compare teams without ranking them. 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