Creating a Huddle Metric

Creating a Huddle Metric


Your metrics are the areas your employees will provide feedback on when making their regular Teamgage Huddle submission and what will be measured and improved by your teams.

Creating a new Metric

  1. Log into Teamgage
  2. Click on Huddle > Metrics from the left-hand navigation
  3. Navigate to Metrics tab
  4. Select + New  in the top left corner
  5. Add in the details for you new metrics (Eg. Name, type, Anchor points - see more details below)
  6. Save

Here's what it looks like



Notes
A few important notes about Metrics
  1. The Title of a Metric has a 20-character limit, while the Anchor Points have a 21 Character limit (spaces count towards the character count).
  2. At anytime you can change you Metric Set or create a new Metric 
  3. Each Metric needs 5 Anchor Points (21 Character limit), these are tied to a set score, eg: Strongly Agree (100%), Agree (75%), Neutral (50%), Disagree (25%), Strongly Disagree (0%). The Anchor Points can be any words you choose but should align with the question
  4. Before teams can start using a Metric it will need to be added into a Metric Set and assigned to the team(s)

What are the components of a metric?

  1. Name: A Metric name should be clear and descriptive; all team members should understand what they are giving feedback on. (Maximum 20 characters)
  2. Metric Type: By default, when you create a Metric it will be on a scale from 0-100. But you can overload a Metric by changing the Type
    1. Standard Metric: These are rated from 0 to 100, 0 being the lowest possible score 100 being highest. 
    2. Overloadable Metric: Overloaded metrics are rated from 0 to 200, 0 being under the goal, 100 ideal and 200 over the goal. Take workload as an example, some people within a team might be underworked, while others are over worked, 0 is just as bad as 200, neither is sustainable.
  3. Anchor points: Anchor points give context to the user to help them provide their submission. Anchor points include a Label (Eg. Very Well) and the percentage out of 100 that this equals (Eg. 100%).  (Maximum 21 characters)
  4. Comment Placeholder Text: This is the placeholder shown in the comment box for that metric on the submission page at default or for certain ratings (Red, Yellow, Green).
  5. Description: This is the question that shows up when a team member is submitting for this Metric. While the Name is usually only 1-2 words (Eg. Communication), the Description section is the space to give detail and really explain to the team member what to think about.
  6. Suggestions: Also known as Manager Prompts. These appear inside the Huddle results dashboard when viewing a metric. These are designed to provide additional guidance, ideas and action that can be created off the back of the metric result. You can even add links to any of your own supporting resources e.g frameworks, online courses, applicable content etc. (⁠Learn more)
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If you have questions about Metrics, Questions or your Organisation's Metric Set just let our team know - support@teamgage.com

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