Understanding the value stream’s attributes and how the enterprise serves its customers, allows us to look at ways to optimise the operational value stream. This is why measuring flow metrics such as Ability to Innovate and Time to Market based on mapping the value stream are key.
What are flow and value metrics and why should you make the change from project management metrics ?
When building Agile OKRs I start with the strategy and then ask if the attribute we are measuring, increased or decreased, and by what percentage? This is why flow metrics around ability to innovate and get to market as well as customer outcomes are where I start to build my Agile OKRs.
Should you use agile for everything? Surely not! Waterfall is useful, but the question of agile or not agile doesn’t really apply to the work. It applies to the team.
Many organisations are making guidance on what tools to use for remote teams in response to COVID-19. The situation isn’t a tools problem. This is a people problem – how can people, who are social creatures, successfully work remotely without physical interaction?
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