BoardSnap is an iOS app that reads happiness radar retrospective whiteboards and turns multi-dimension team satisfaction scores into a tracked snapshot — comparable across sprints when captured consistently.
Most retrospective formats tell you what happened this sprint. The happiness radar tells you how the team is doing across time — are they more or less satisfied with their work, their tools, their collaboration, their growth?
The radar format is a spider chart on a whiteboard: axes for Team, Process, Tooling, Product, Learning, and whatever else matters. Each person rates each dimension on a simple scale. The team average creates the radar shape.
The chart looks great on a whiteboard. But a whiteboard chart is useless for trend analysis — you need to compare this sprint's shape to last sprint's. That means documentation, and nobody does it consistently unless the process is nearly effortless.
Five or six axes radiating from the center: Team collaboration, Process clarity, Tooling, Product quality, Learning/growth, and any team-specific axis. Scale each axis 1 to 5.
Each person marks their score on each axis — dots or short lines on the appropriate point. Anonymous is fine.
Connect the average scores to form the radar polygon. The shape tells the story: a flat polygon means consistent dissatisfaction; spikes show specific highs and lows.
Focus discussion on the lowest-scoring axes and any that changed significantly from last sprint. Write the key insights next to each axis.
Just one. Not a comprehensive plan — one concrete action to address the dip. Write it on the board next to the axis.
BoardSnap captures the radar shape (reading the labeled axes and scores), the team discussion insights, and the action items. All in one snap.
A radar snapshot: each axis with its average score, individual score range, a one-line team discussion insight, and an action item. The output format is consistent across sprints — snap the same board format each time and the project accumulates a trend record. The project AI chat can compare snapshots across sessions.
A team that had been running happiness radar every sprint for a year. BoardSnap projects held twelve consecutive snapshots. When the Tooling axis dropped three points over two sprints, the trend was immediately visible and led to a dedicated tooling improvement sprint.
A newly formed team ran their first happiness radar at the end of week two. BoardSnap's snapshot established the baseline. By sprint five, the Team Collaboration axis had moved from 2.8 to 4.1 — visible progress captured automatically.
Five to seven is the practical range. Fewer axes miss important dimensions; more axes make the session feel like a survey. The exact axes depend on your team's priorities — but once you pick them, keep them consistent across sprints so trends are comparable.
For the scores, yes — anonymous scoring produces more honest data, especially for axes like 'Satisfaction with management.' For the discussion insights, attribution is optional. BoardSnap captures whatever is written on the board.
BoardSnap AI reads the labeled axes and the score annotations written next to each. It doesn't visually parse the polygon shape — so write the scores explicitly (e.g., 'Team: 3.5 avg') rather than relying solely on dot positions.
No — and it doesn't try to. The happiness radar is a team-level, sprint-cadence tool. Formal engagement surveys are organization-level and annual. They're complementary: the radar catches sprint-to-sprint changes; the formal survey catches systemic organizational issues.
Snap the board, ship the action items in ten seconds.