Periodic Performance Reviews
Many people have called for organizations to abolish the annual merit rating system. I’ve argued for this with various human resources groups but have only won the argument in very small organizations, where the human resources director was probably too busy to institute annual reviews anyway. So, rather than just advise you to rail against a practice you probably can’t eliminate, let’s look at the impact of periodic performance reviews on your Scrum teams and explore ways you can minimize the negative impact and accentuate the positive.
Try to eliminate most individual factors from assessments
It is no surprise that individuals will behave in accordance with what is valued during their performance reviews. I’m ...
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