Deliverable-based metrics offer a product development team objective measures of project progress—and the focus needed to get the job done. David Warburton Many new product development programs fail ...

Meaningfully measuring performance is one of the hardest tasks for team managers in Agile environments. It is not only difficult, but most of the time, adopting ephemeral metrics can become ...

I have observed that many lessons from software development experience can be applied to management of software development teams and that the opposite is also true — many lessons from management of ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. What is “Effectiveness”? It is the degree to which something is successful in producing the desired result.

Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with content, and download exclusive resources. Cory Benfield discusses the evolution of ...

If you’re using software development productivity metrics to evaluate developer performance, then you’re doing it wrong. For best results, tie them to business outcomes. I cringe when development ...