Agile Maturity Test

The Agile Maturity Test is another assessment tool that complements the Team Health Monitor.

While the health monitor focuses on the team's subjective perception of its well-being and processes, the maturity test seeks to provide a more objective assessment of the degree to which the team is applying specific agile practices.

It is often implemented as a questionnaire (e.g., a Google form) with specific questions about the adoption of various agile techniques and ceremonies.

The results can generate a report or scorecard that indicates areas where the team shows greater or lesser maturity in its implementation of agile, offering specific recommendations.

Objective Assessment of Agile Practices

The primary purpose of the Agile Maturity Test is to perform an observable fact-based assessment of the implementation of specific agile practices.

Instead of asking "How do you feel about retrospectives?", it asks "Do you perform retrospectives regularly?" with response options indicating frequency or consistency (e.g., always, sometimes, never).

It covers various areas of agile practice (planning, retrospectives, estimating, continuous delivery, etc.) through specific multiple-choice questions.

This provides a more objective picture of the actual level of adoption of recommended agile practices by the team.

Difference with the Health Monitor (Objective vs. Subjective)

The key difference between the Agile Maturity Test and the Team Health Monitor lies in its approach:

Health Monitor: measures the team's subjective perception of how they feel about various aspects of their work and processes (e.g., "Do we feel good about our predictability?"). Valuable for understanding morale and well-being.

Maturity Test: Measures objective implementation of specific practices (e.g., "Do we perform retrospectives after each Sprint?"). It is valuable to understand the degree of actual adoption of methodologies.

Both tools are complementary: a team can have high maturity (apply