Agile Metric Strategies

Overview

This StormWind Bytes course covers essential Agile metrics used to track progress, flow, and team performance. You’ll learn how to use burndown and burnup charts, velocity tracking, cumulative flow diagrams, and value-focused indicators.

Ideal for Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, team leads, and anyone responsible for reporting progress or improving team delivery. This course helps teams move beyond vanity metrics to data that drives real decisions and supports Agile success.

COURSE INSTRUCTOR

Ashley Hunt, Project Management, AI and ChatGPT, CompTIA, End-User Training

COURSE DIFFICULTY

Beginner

COURSE DURATION

Skills Learned

After completing this online training course, students will be able to:

Understand and apply core Agile metrics to monitor team performance and delivery progress
Use visual tools like burndown and burnup charts, velocity tracking, and cumulative flow diagrams to assess Agile workflows
Differentiate between lead time and cycle time, and use them to evaluate process efficiency
Measure and improve team throughput, work in progress (WIP), and story completion ratios
Set and evaluate sprint goals, success criteria, and definitions of done
Leverage dashboards and forecasting techniques to support Agile planning and reporting
Identify and avoid vanity metrics while focusing on value-driven and risk-based indicators

Ideal for Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, team leads, and anyone responsible for reporting progress or improving team delivery.

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01. Fundamental Agile Metrics

Burndown Chart: What It Is and How to Use It
Burnup Chart: Tracking Progress to Goals
Velocity: Understanding and Using It
Lead Time vs. Cycle Time
Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)

02. Advanced Metrics for Improvement

Definition of Done and Measuring Completion
Measuring Team Throughput
Monitoring Work in Progress (WIP)
Sprint Goals and Success Criteria
Using Dashboards for Agile Metrics
Story Completion Ratios
Agile Forecasting: Beyond the Gantt Chart
Risk-Based Metrics in Agile
Productivity vs. Value-Driven Metrics
Flow Efficiency and Bottleneck Identification

03. Strategic Metrics and Reporting

Metrics for Agile Quality Assurance
Using Metrics in Retrospectives
Reporting to Executives in Agile Projects

SKILLS LEARNED

Skills Learned

After completing this online training course, students will be able to:

Understand and apply core Agile metrics to monitor team performance and delivery progress
Use visual tools like burndown and burnup charts, velocity tracking, and cumulative flow diagrams to assess Agile workflows
Differentiate between lead time and cycle time, and use them to evaluate process efficiency
Measure and improve team throughput, work in progress (WIP), and story completion ratios
Set and evaluate sprint goals, success criteria, and definitions of done
Leverage dashboards and forecasting techniques to support Agile planning and reporting
Identify and avoid vanity metrics while focusing on value-driven and risk-based indicators

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

Ideal for Scrum Masters, Agile coaches, team leads, and anyone responsible for reporting progress or improving team delivery.

PREREQUISITES

None

COURSE OUTLINE

01. Fundamental Agile Metrics

Burndown Chart: What It Is and How to Use It
Burnup Chart: Tracking Progress to Goals
Velocity: Understanding and Using It
Lead Time vs. Cycle Time
Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD)

02. Advanced Metrics for Improvement

Definition of Done and Measuring Completion
Measuring Team Throughput
Monitoring Work in Progress (WIP)
Sprint Goals and Success Criteria
Using Dashboards for Agile Metrics
Story Completion Ratios
Agile Forecasting: Beyond the Gantt Chart
Risk-Based Metrics in Agile
Productivity vs. Value-Driven Metrics
Flow Efficiency and Bottleneck Identification

03. Strategic Metrics and Reporting

Metrics for Agile Quality Assurance
Using Metrics in Retrospectives
Reporting to Executives in Agile Projects

Overview

Skills Learned

Understand and apply core Agile metrics to monitor team performance and delivery progress

Use visual tools like burndown and burnup charts, velocity tracking, and cumulative flow diagrams to assess Agile workflows

Differentiate between lead time and cycle time, and use them to evaluate process efficiency

Measure and improve team throughput, work in progress (WIP), and story completion ratios

Set and evaluate sprint goals, success criteria, and definitions of done

Leverage dashboards and forecasting techniques to support Agile planning and reporting

Identify and avoid vanity metrics while focusing on value-driven and risk-based indicators

Skills Learned

Understand and apply core Agile metrics to monitor team performance and delivery progress

Use visual tools like burndown and burnup charts, velocity tracking, and cumulative flow diagrams to assess Agile workflows

Differentiate between lead time and cycle time, and use them to evaluate process efficiency

Measure and improve team throughput, work in progress (WIP), and story completion ratios

Set and evaluate sprint goals, success criteria, and definitions of done

Leverage dashboards and forecasting techniques to support Agile planning and reporting

Identify and avoid vanity metrics while focusing on value-driven and risk-based indicators

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