Agile Complexification Inverter

What metrics do you collect to  analyze  your scrum team? It's the Trends of Metrics that matter. We live in a world of data and information.  Some people have a mindset that numbers will diagnose all problems – “just show me the data.”  Therefore many directors and senior managers wish to see some list of metrics that should indicate the productivity and efficiency of the Scrum team.  I personally believe this is something that can be felt, that human intuition is much better in this decision realm than the data that can be collected.  However, one would have to actually spend time and carefully observe the team in action to get this powerful connection to the energy in a high-performing team space.  Few leaders are willing to take this time, they delegate this information synthesis task to managers via the typical report/dashboard request.  Therefore we are asked to collect data, to condense this data into information, all while ignorin...

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The software industry has created a knowledge and expectation of product versions.  Previously the closest industry to create this mindset was the automotive industry - they had the model year concept.  Typically they added nice to have "bells or whistles", but rarely added true features each iteration of the auto model year. Software was a new paradigm, back in the 1980s, this industry started using a version numbering scheme (major dot minor). For example, Windows 3.1, the first version to truly work and deliver value to the customer. What happens when a company moves back to the model year concept of versioning in the software industry?  Does it help customer to understand the expectations of value being delivered?  Does it create more cognitive load for decision makers? Here's an example, you tell me; it is May of 2013 , is this the best move for Company X. Coming Soon: SharePoint 2010 The long-awaited upgrade to Sha...