Episode 15: Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka - a podcast by Table XI

Agile Teams and Escaping Velocity with Doc Norton and Claire Podulka
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Doc Norton (https://twitter.com/DocOnDev): Co-Founder and CEO of CTO2 (http://www.wearecto2.com).Claire Podulka (https://twitter.com/cpodulka): Project Manager at Table XI (http://www.tablexi.com/).
SummaryHow can you tell whether an agile software team is successful? Many teams use a single measure: velocity. Doc Norton, author of Escape Velocity, and Claire Podulka join the show to discuss why velocity is not a useful measure: it doesn't explain the problems with an unsuccessful team, and successful teams probably don't need it. We discuss the problems with velocity, what to use instead, and get on soapboxes for our least favorite agile anti-patterns.
Notes02:48 - Metrics for Agile Teams: Velocity
- Escape Velocity: Better Metrics for Scrum Teams by Doc Norton (https://leanpub.com/escapevelocity)- Trust Driven Development by Noel Rappin (https://leanpub.com/trustdrivendevelopment)
06:15 - Using Velocity07:49 - Problems When Relying Solely on Velocity and Estimation
12:35 - Theory of Flow15:17 - Body Weight Analogy
17:17 - Assessing Team Health18:37 - Team Temperature (Joy)
21:51 - Lead Time and Cycle Time30:04 - Managing Estimation and Team Metrics When Teams and Scope Change
33:17 - Using Metrics: Large Organizations vs Small Organizations39:18 - Breaking Down Team Velocity at the Individual Level Special Guests: Claire Podulka and Doc Norton.

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