This document discusses measuring team predictability and productivity through metrics. It provides sample data on units committed versus delivered over multiple sprints and asks the reader to calculate the predictability percentage. It emphasizes that metrics should be used to identify trends, improve performance over time, and inform decision making through a continuous learning process. A set of exercises asks readers to match metrics like burn down charts and velocity to their definitions, and vote on whether scenarios describe good or bad teams based on their metric results. The overall message is that metrics, when measured correctly, can help teams understand and enhance their performance.

1. July 12 2016

2. LET’S HAVE A QUICK CHAT
In measuring a team’s predictability, here is some
data sprint over sprint:
Units Committed Units Delivered % Predictable
50
50
50
?
50
40
60
?
100%
80%
80% or 120% ?
?

3. WE NEED SOME DATA

4. I’VE HEARD THIS BEFORE
“You can’t fix what you can’t measure”
“People fear what they don’t understand”
“You’re being judged no matter what. So be who
you want to be.”

5. DECISION ENABLERS

6. MEASURE THE RIGHT
STUFF
Look for trends
Use data to help improve
Build / measure / learn

7. WHO’S LOOKING AT THIS?
What do we want to measure?
What will it tell us?
Who will consume it?
How will they use it?
Does the metric incent the right behavior?
REMEMBER: 1 data point does not tell the entire
story!

8. EXERCISE #1
Word pairing
Take the worksheet provided and pair the metric
with the description of each
Discuss at your table

9. SPRINT BURNDOWN

10. BURNUP CHART

11. CFD

12. VELOCITY

13. EXERCISE #2
Good Team / Bad Team?
By use of thumbs up/thumbs down, vote whether
the scenario is a good team or a bad team

14. EXERCISE #2 – SCENARIO 1
Good Team / Bad Team?
Team A has delivered 30 units of work consistently
for 10 sprints in a row.
 Team has done 10 sprints
 Team dynamic is constantly changing

15. EXERCISE #2 – SCENARIO 2
Good Team / Bad Team?
Team B has an average velocity measure of 75
story points
 Trend is 100, then 50, then 100, then 50
 Last 4 sprints are 76, 72, 78, 74

16. EXERCISE #2 – SCENARIO 3
Good Team / Bad Team?
Team C has a predictability measure of 50%
 They’ve done 2 sprints
 They have been together for 10 sprints

17. METRICS ARE YOUR
FRIENDS
Measure to learn and improve
Measure the right stuff with the right intention
Avoid vanity metrics
If you don’t like what you see, make decisions to
change