Rahul SudameDelivery Manager & Agile Coach| Persistent SystemsPune, Maharashtra, India
Team, if you have started adopting Agile/Scrum in your projects then do you measure if your Agile Transformation has been successful? What parameters, data do you use to check if Agile transformation is providing the expected results? Saving Changes...
That's a difficult question to answer, because the answer is going to be "it depends what you're trying to achieve."
If your goal is to deliver higher quality, for example, you could focus on metrics around the number of bugs generated compared to before the agile transformation. If the goal is getting product to market sooner, compare time to release. Etc.
A word of warning about metrics. One of the principles of scrum is transparency, so you might find you highlight issues you simply didn't have any visibility into before implementing scrum. Your metrics may show (to use the first example) more bug tickets in your tracking system - but that could be because more bugs are being recorded rather than a genuine increase in the number of bugs.
You need to decide what your goals are with undertaking the transformation to agile. Once you understand that, you should have a better idea how to measure whether they're successful or not. Saving Changes...
Daniel NorkinDirector| Trusted IT GroupNj, United States
I agree with Catherine. Rahul - You might enjoy this webcast I'm hosting that discusses managing Agile projects in MS Project Online.
Brenda Chaplin-ChaseIT/Business Project Management Professional| FiservSpeedway, In, United States
The ROI of Agile Transformation can only be measured once the teams have been trained and gained the experience needed to be executing well. As with anything new, things slow down while they are learned and speed up again. Expect to measure the metrics at the start, mid-point and end of the transformation to have truly accurate ROI. Otherwise it will look like an increase in expenses. Saving Changes...
