Productive teams

Productive Teams

“Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go

to work.”Stephen King

”Productivity is being able to do things that you were never able

to do before” Franz Kafka

How to improve productivity?

WAIT! In order to improve….

We need…

How to measure productivity?

Measuring Productivity

Your answer here…

Features CompletedKPI

GoalsBurndown

Estimated vs ActualStory points

ROI Per feature% of defects

Features Completed* Tracking closed features* Stories accepted as done* Kanban board

Goals / KPI* Define Key Performance Indicator* Measure* Action plan* BI Tool* Publish results

Burndown* Compare against the mean* Raises flags to act

Estimate vs Actual* Estimate is just a guess* When we do not need to estimate?*

Story Points* Complexity* Planning poker* Discussion

ROI per feature* Who does it?* Maybe is cost of features…* How are you spending your time* Shorter Feedback cycle

% of defects* What produced the bug?* Unit tests but Acceptance testing

Team Dynamics

Team has multiple roles

Project ManagersDevelopers

AnalystsDBAs

OwnersDesigners

Best &Worst

Your answer here…

About Devs* Analysis paralysis* Lack of Timeliness* Poor communication* Hatred for users* Egos

About Managers* Deadline driven* Micromanagement* Powerpoint & Gantt* People as resources

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