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Liz Ince and Chris Wilkinson look at the different measures commonly found in software development, what they’re used for, highlight the good, the bad and the ugly aspects of measuring progress versus productivity, and how all metrics should relate to a desired business outcome. They share stories of what happened when the wrong thing was measured and offer some practical ways to help us. Filmed at qconlondon.com.
Liz Ince has been working in the IT industry for over 30 years. She is now a Managing Solutions Architect at Capgemini. Chris Wilkinson is a Software Development Lead at Capgemini.
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How to Tell Your Boss Story Points Are a Terrible Metric
1. DevOps & DevEx: Remove friction, ship code and add value
QCon London 2019
Chris Wilkinson and Liz Ince
How to tell your
boss story points
are a terrible metric
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20. Working software is the
primary measure of progress.
—Agile Manifesto
The issues that are most
important, long term, cannot be
measured in advance.
—W. Edwards Deming