Agile Metrics In Action: Measuring And Enhancing The Performance Of Agile Teams

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Project tracking systems, test and build tools, source control, continuous integration, and other built-in parts of the software development lifecycle generate a wealth of data that can be used to track and improve the quality and performance of products, processes, and teams. Although the iterative nature of Agile development is perfect for data-driven continuous improvement, the collection, analysis, and application of meaningful metrics often fades in favor of subjective measures that offer less insight into the real challenges of making better software. Agile Metrics in Action: Measuring and enhancing the performance of Agile teams is a practical book that shows how to take the data already being generated to make teams, processes, and products better. It points out which metrics to use to objectively measure performance and what data really counts, along with where to find it, how to get it, and how to analyze it. The book also shows how all team members can publish their own metrics through dashboards and radiators, taking charge of communicating performance and individual accountability. Along the way, it offers practical data analysis techniques, including a few emerging Big Data practices.

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How to measure and improve team performance IN ACTION Christopher W. H. Davis FOREWORD BY Olivier Gaudin MANNING Agile Metrics in Action ii Agile Metrics in Action How to measure and improve team performance CHRISTOPHER W. H. DAVIS MANNING SHELTER ISLAND iv For online information and ordering of this and other Manning books, please visit www.manning.com. The publisher offers discounts on this book when ordered in quantity. For more information, please contact Special Sales Department Manning Publications Co. 20 Baldwin Road PO Box 761 Shelter Island, NY 11964 Email: [email protected] ©2015 by Manning Publications Co. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by means electronic, mechanical, photocopying, or otherwise, without prior written permission of the publisher. Many of the designations used by manufacturers and sellers to distinguish their products are claimed as trademarks. Where those designations appear in the book, and Manning Publications was aware of a trademark claim, the designations have been printed in initial caps or all caps. Recognizing the importance of preserving what has been written, it is Manning’s policy to have the books we publish printed on acid-free paper, and we exert our best efforts to that end. Recognizing also our responsibility to conserve the resources of our planet, Manning books are printed on paper that is at least 15 percent recycled and processed without elemental chlorine. Manning Publications Co. 20 Baldwin Road PO Box 761 Shelter Island, NY 11964 Development editor: Technical development editor: Copyeditor: Proofreader: Technical proofreader: Typesetter: Cover designer: ISBN: 9781617292484 Printed in the United States of America 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 – EBM – 20 19 18 17 16 15 Dan Maharry Michael Smolyak Linda Recktenwald Elizabeth Martin David Pombal Marija Tudor Marija Tudor brief contents PART 1 MEASURING AGILE TEAMS ............................................ 1 1 ■ 2 ■ Measuring agile performance 3 Observing a live project 20 PART 2 COLLECTING AND ANALYZING YOUR TEAM’S DATA ....... 35 3 ■ 4 ■ 5 ■ 6 ■ Trends and data from project-tracking systems 37 Trends and data from source control 62 Trends an