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Metrics and Process Improvement

by Juan Banda (2009-11-13) permalink

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It’s not uncommon to hear that managers are interesting in improving productivity in their teams, metrics-wise this means that the indicators that they’re looking at, should start to show bigger and better numbers.

It’s not uncommon to hear that managers are interesting in improving productivity in their teams, metrics-wise this means that the indicators that they’re looking at, should start to show bigger and better numbers.

Metrics are commonly applied for measuring processes and they in turn reflect internal team organization policies and practices. Following this rationale, managers should start improving processes if they want to have better metrics. But what if processes are something that you can’t measure and consequently improve?

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Owner: jbanda
Categories: Introducing Agile Processes
Updated: November 22, 2009


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Comments jbanda (13 Nov 16:56)

This article will help you to understand why processes are not the right vehicle for improving things in Agile teams.