A short presentation on numbers that can be measured for an Agile project

1. Metrics for Agile projets

2. Agile I deas / Concepts + Product Mgr Release Mgt Team Product Backlog Release Backlog Iteration – Story Backlog Release Release Iteration – Story Backlog Agile Team Product Owner Agile Coach Product Features Stories Iterations Portfolio Program Project Feature 1 Arch 1 Feature 2 Arch 2 Feature 3 Arch 3

4. Feature v/s Story Feature Feature is something about the product which may be sold to the end user; it may have a license attached or sold as bundle with the entire product. Example: PDF generation in MS word Story Story is the smallest unit of value/ requirement/ work which is visible to both project team and product owner. A story may have a description, validation criteria, complexity and business value.

6. Selecting Metrics Future orientation How will changes to development processes affect the organization’s ability to deliver value and quality in the future? Business value How do application development projects contribute (directly or indirectly) to quantitative business benefits? User orientation How effective is the team in meeting the users’ needs? Operational excellence How does management measure development teams’ effectiveness? Velocity Features delivered vs. planned Post-iteration feedback/working demo Surveys, Customer-filed defects Earned business value Agile scorecard

7. Completed Features Objective : Goal of the project is to deliver a working software Measure : Easily measurable from the product backlog. Team can measure the running & tested features Trend: The number of features should increase with time When to measure: This is a continuous measure

9. Earned Business Value

12. Velocity Objective : Customer satisfaction Measure : Stories delivered/ Story points delivered or even ideal hours delivered; the key fact is that only completed items count Trend: Upward or stable trend is expected When to measure: This is a continuous measure

16. EVM - Metrics

18. Velocity Report Card

19. Thank You A lot of material is available over the Internet this presentation is a summarized view and probably presents a set of metrics which can be used in a project following the Agile principles; many thanks to all the people who have shared similar content