Facilitated by Ola M.

Not all metrics are created equal. The wrong ones create busywork. The right ones drive decisions.

Welcome to Agile Metrics:

There is no shortage of things you can measure in Agile. Velocity, burndown, story points, cycle time, throughput, sprint health — the list goes on. This session cuts through the noise and focuses on the metrics that actually help teams improve and help leaders make better decisions.

What We’ll Cover:

• Why metrics matter — and why the wrong metrics can damage team culture
• Velocity: what it really tells you (and what it doesn’t)
• Burndown and burnup charts: how to read them and what to do when they go sideways
• Cycle time and lead time: understanding flow at the team level
• Throughput and cumulative flow diagrams for Kanban teams
• Escaped defects, sprint predictability, and team happiness as health indicators
• How to present metrics to leadership without creating gaming behaviors
• Building a metrics dashboard that tells a story, not just numbers
• OKRs and how team-level metrics connect to organizational goals

Common Metrics Pitfalls:

• Using velocity as a performance measure across teams
• Celebrating high story point counts instead of delivered value
• Measuring activity instead of outcomes
• Hiding problems behind green dashboards

Benefits of Attending This Session:

Participants will leave with a clear framework for selecting meaningful metrics, templates for communicating progress to stakeholders, and the ability to spot when a metric is helping the team versus hurting it.