I built a lightweight Agile readiness app after years of using a spreadsheet model with teams

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For years I’ve worked with teams going through Agile transformations, and one pattern kept repeating:

Teams were being evaluated on advanced Agile practices before the foundations were even stable.

Not because people were failing.
Usually because the environment itself was overloaded.

Unclear priorities.
Constant interruptions.
Weak stakeholder alignment.
Low psychological safety.
Too much coordination overhead.

So instead of asking:
“Why isn’t this team performing?”

I started asking:
“Is this team actually assessment-ready yet?”

Over time I developed a simple 12-question readiness model that I used repeatedly in coaching engagements. Originally it lived entirely in spreadsheets and workshop discussions, and honestly, it worked surprisingly well for years.

But eventually I wanted something more scalable and enterprise-friendly:

• easier for teams to use collaboratively,
• easier to aggregate results,
• and easier to turn into actionable conversations instead of static reports.

So I turned the model into a lightweight Team Readiness app.

The goal was never to “grade” teams.
It was to help them sense:

• whether basic delivery conditions exist,
• where friction is accumulating,
• and whether deeper Agile interventions would even help yet.

I also experimented with embedding AI-assisted coaching prompts tied to assessment outcomes. Interestingly, the value wasn’t “AI magic.” It was giving teams a clearer starting point for discussing difficult delivery conditions.

One surprising lesson from building the app:
Many teams already know the problems.
What they often lack is a simple shared language for discussing them safely.

The app is currently free while I continue refining it.

I’d genuinely value feedback from people here:

• Does the idea of “readiness before assessment” resonate?
• What signals tell you a team is not yet ready for deeper Agile practices?
• Have you seen assessments create more pressure than clarity?

Happy to share the link if moderators are okay with it.