Agile Team Performance Benchmarking
by Harold van Heeringen
Why Agile Team Performance Measurement?
While traditional performance metrics often measure individual output or adherence to pre-defined plans, measuring performance in agile teams requires a different approach. Agile teams operate in iterative cycles, prioritizing adaptability and learning over rigid goals. Organizations still measure their performance for the following reasons: transparency and communication, learning and continuous improvement and ensuring value delivery:
Ultimately, measuring performance in agile teams is about: supporting continuous improvement, making informed decisions, ensuring value delivery and fostering a collaborative and learning-oriented culture. By correctly using the right metrics, organizations can empower their agile teams to thrive and deliver exceptional results.
About Harold van Heeringen
- More than 25 years experience in IT and more than 20 years in software measurement and metrics.
- Ex-Sogeti – 17 years in measurement, metrics, estimation, performance measurement.
- IDC Metri – 10 years as a Principal Consultant and Practice Lead IT Intelligence services.
- ISBSG – Immediate Past President.
- NESMA – Current President.
- SIG ICEAA Software – Board member.
