Whitepaper Agile Metrics
Whitepaper Agile Metrics
Whitepaper Agile Metrics
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Agile Metrics
Let the Numbers tell the Tale
Table of Contents
Introduction
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Conclusions
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Appendices
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delivered.
These five key areas are inter-connected: it makes
no sense to focus on an increase in productivity
(Quantity) if that means delivering buggy or low
value software (Quality). Similarly, delivering high
value work (Alignment) but not spending time on
education and knowledge transfer (Maturity) might
be beneficial on the short term but will come back to
haunt you in the long run. And of course Satisfaction
is a general characteristic that should always be
achieved. We have defined a number of questions
to align our goal to the GQM model:
Conclusions
In this whitepaper we provided a lightweight and
understandable set of metrics that can be used to
track a Scrum teams performance. Although there
are many more metrics to be found in literature, we
feel that the ones included in this paper are a good
set to start out with. What you should take with your
from this paper is that it is essential to adopt the
right metrics that match your situation, as metrics
are only right when they are actionable. The data
which you gather should naturally lead to actions
that influence what was measured, if needed.
Another key thing to note is that metrics can be
interpreted in a variety of ways. This makes it
necessary to combine data from several metrics
in order to be able to draw the most accurate
conclusions. The Goal Question Metric model
introduced in this whitepaper can help you to pick
the right metrics. We encourage everyone whos
involved with Scrum on a daily basis to apply
metrics to their Scrum processes, after all, the
numbers tell the tale.
Appendices
Metric
Parameter
Unit of Measurement
Metric
Parameter
Unit of Measurement
Metric
End-to-End metric
Parameter
Metric
Parameter
Unit of Measurement
Metric
Parameter
Unit of Measurement
Parameter
Unit of Measurement
Metric
Parameter
Estimation Accuracy
Parameter
Reliability
Parameter
The ability of teams to meet the Story Points they committed to for a
Sprint.
Unit of Measurement
Velocity
Parameter
Process Efficiency
Parameter
Sprint Burndown
Parameter
The Sprint Burndown shows how much work the team has left
versus the ideal amount of work remaining.
Unit of Measurement We measure the Burndown in Story Points (or hours). Every day, the
remaining amount of Story Points is updated.
Metric
Release Burnup
Parameter
The Release Burnup show how much a team has left to complete a
release versus the ideal amount of work remaining.
Unit of Measurement We measure the Release Burnup in Story Points (or hours). At the
end of every Sprint the Release Burnup is updated.
Defect Count
Parameter
Unit of Measurement
Metric
Severity of Faults
Parameter
Unit of Measurement