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I can see this being a really nice idea to use across a team, if such a thing was offered. A few use-cases / benefits:

* An agile team could use this as part of their retrospectives, and could track the data points across multiple sprints to see trends, as well as "scoring" the latest sprint.

* Sometimes an individual in a team can be quite quiet and reserved, and won't physically speak up if something's not going so well. Moving to a system like this may give them a voice.

* The levels can be tracked both by the team and by an individual's line manager to keep an eye on those people who are consistently (or increasingly) bored, frustrated, not learning, or generally unhappy.

* If this were completed every day, then it would effectively become a Niko-niko calendar[1] (although you might want to fill out just a single data point if you're doing it every day).

* Having a daily version would also work as an early-warning indicator of trouble brewing within a team or project.

[1] http://agiletrail.com/2011/09/12/how-to-track-the-teams-mood...



Thanks for your comment - spot on.

In particular the point around quiet/reserved members of the team - this is certainly a medium that these people could be more comfortable with.




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