How’s that sprint going? ZenHub reporting and GitHub data will tell you

Re:How’s that sprint going? ZenHub reporting and GitHub data... by himynameisdom on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @03:04PM (#19313720)

As an Agile coach, I agree to an extent. Metrics can be and are often times weaponized by management to exact control over a project.

I wish more organizations saw Agile metrics, or any metrics for that matter, as conversation starters for the team to discuss how things are going and how/when to adjust course. It's a challenge to change habits of making binary decisions based entirely on metrics.

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Re:How’s that sprint going? ZenHub reporting and GitHub data... by screaminghawk on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @03:15PM (#19313816)

I have to agree as well.

Our team has switched from a burndown chart to a "Confidence Check" at each standup. On the count of 3, we each hold up fingers rating the chance to complete the sprint out of 5. It's been a good way to see if the blockers are likely to be overcome and see if anything was missed etc. Our combined gut feel is a lot better than the burndown chart for reporting and for starting conversations.

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Re:How’s that sprint going? ZenHub reporting and GitHub data... by wdewind on Tuesday March 05, 2019 @03:20PM (#19313860)

That feels like a way more reasonable effort to signal-value ratio to me. Thanks for sharing.

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