The Aikido of Agile Project Metrics
Management loves the idea of metrics. Project teams, though, hate it: no one likes to be examined like a bug under a magnifying glass. It’s such a shame that this is the perception, because constructive metrics are a project team’s best defense against insanity. When well done, metrics practice is like the martial art of Aikido, which uses an opponents own energy and momentum - and in this case self-interest and responsibilities - to overcome them. This course explores constructive metrics at the release level that can be used as leading indicators.
Tutorial Outline:
* Introduction to an agile, lean approach to metrics and trend analysis [10 minute presentation]
* Release progress tracking and trends analysis (including backlog growth, release burndown, release velocity, and projection to completion) [10 minute presentation & 20 minutes of exercise in interpretation with worksheet and group discussion]
* Release quality tracking (coverage, pass rate, stability, acceptance, and projection to release) [5 minute presentation & 15 minutes of exercise in interpretation with worksheet and group discussion]
* Work-in-progress and cumulative flow diagrams [5 minute presentation & 10 minutes of exercise in interpretation as group discussion]
* Rolling up release metrics to the project level - Business Value and Effectiveness [10 minute presentation]
* Summary of insights [ 5 minute presentation]