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Agile Metrics

Agile Metrics

Metrics are so often misused that they tend to become more of a hinderence than a help. The numbers aren't at fault though, how can we leverage the metrics to improve visibility without obsessing over them?

Todd Kaufman

March 10, 2012
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  1. Team is achieving 20 pts per iteration Release is planned

    at 4 iterations out Saturday, March 10, 12
  2. Team is achieving 20 pts per iteration Release is planned

    at 4 iterations out Sprint backlog is estimated at 70 pts left Saturday, March 10, 12
  3. Team is achieving 20 pts per iteration Release is planned

    at 4 iterations out Sprint backlog is estimated at 70 pts left Team hits 17 pts next iteration Saturday, March 10, 12
  4. Team is achieving 20 pts per iteration Release is planned

    at 4 iterations out Sprint backlog is estimated at 70 pts left Team hits 17 pts next iteration Team hits 7 pts next iteration Saturday, March 10, 12
  5. Team is achieving 20 pts per iteration Release is planned

    at 4 iterations out Sprint backlog is estimated at 70 pts left Team hits 17 pts next iteration Team hits 7 pts next iteration Team hits 3 pts next iteration Saturday, March 10, 12
  6. Team is achieving 20 pts per iteration Release is planned

    at 4 iterations out Sprint backlog is estimated at 70 pts left Team hits 17 pts next iteration Team hits 7 pts next iteration Team hits 3 pts next iteration Team hits 6 pts last iteration Saturday, March 10, 12
  7. sadometricism The gratification of oneself through metrics to the point

    of pain for the individual and those around them. Saturday, March 10, 12
  8. If you need a swag, base it off epics, features,

    or stories and assume change Saturday, March 10, 12
  9. Change Introduced !20$ 0$ 20$ 40$ 60$ 80$ 100$ Itera.on$1$

    Itera.on$2$ Itera.on$3$ Itera.on$4$ Itera.on$5$ Itera.on$6$ Itera.on$7$ Itera.on$8$ Itera.on$9$ Itera.on$10$ Itera.on$11$ Itera.on$12$ Itera.on$13$ Cumula.ve$ Remaining$ Saturday, March 10, 12
  10. “Nearly every metric can be perverted, since up- and down-ticks

    in the metric can come from good or bad causes. Teams driven by metrics often game the metrics rather than deliver useful software. Ask the team to deliver and measure Running Tested Features, week in and week out, over the course of the entire project. Keeping this single metric looking good demands that a team become both agile and productive." Saturday, March 10, 12
  11. How much would you pay to know what features your

    customers used and what they didn’t? Saturday, March 10, 12
  12. Validated learning is the process of demonstrating empirically that a

    team has discovered valuable truths about a startup’s present and future business prospects. Eric Ries - The Lean Startup Saturday, March 10, 12
  13. Metrics are information radiators Leverage them Only when solving a

    problem That is worth solving Saturday, March 10, 12
  14. “Not everything that counts can be counted, and not everything

    that can be counted counts.” Saturday, March 10, 12