Agile Balanced Scorecard – Measuring the effectiveness of an Agile Software Development Team

Velocity does by definition assume a degree of quality output by any Agile Software Development Team, by the virtue of the fact that you should only count accepted Story Points towards your velocity.

With that said, there are many other factors that need to be considered when assessing the overall effectiveness of the team.

Software Estimation – the more precise you are, the less accurate you will be!

We often confuse ‘accurate’ (mean difference) with ‘precise (variance)’. It would be accurate to say that I was less than six foot tall, it would be precise to say that I was…

Agile Programme Management Increases Flexibility

There are numerous benefits to adopting Agile ideals and introducing Scrum/Kanban-esque practices at a programme level. One of these benefits is increased flexibility, which in turn offers improved output, reduced time-to-market and increased value.

Minimising the impact of Sprint disruptions

One of the biggest challenges we’ve faced is trying to balance project work or product development with business-as-usual (BAU) work that can’t necessarily be anticipated – how do you manage the risk of disruption?

Velocity can be used to measure the output of any team…

var dzone_style=”2″;Velocity is a measure of how much work a team can complete in a set period of time.  It is measured in Story Points and although it was originally created for use in Software Development scenarios, it can be used in just about every type of team scenario.
Velocity can be measured assuming you have… :

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