Someone at work today asked someone else for an Agility index / KPI. The one gave the other a link. I followed the link. I was underwhelmed. It measured practices, not outcomes. It ignored engineering (the most important practices of all), and learning (the second most important category). It heavily stressed planning (only slightly less [...]
Posts Tagged ‘measurement’
An Agility Index (of Goodness)
Posted in post, tagged agility, KPI, measurement on May 19, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Quantifying Technical Debt
Posted in essay, tagged measurement, technical debt on March 17, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
While talking with people at Agile Roots last year, someone asked me how to measure technical debt. I came up with a metric that, while highly susceptible to gaming, can be really handy for a team to use internally.
