Soon after beginning your effort to adopt Scrum, someone will ask, “How are
we doing?” This is not a question with a simple answer like, “We’re doing great.”
Similarly and fortunately, you cannot distill your answer down to, “We’re Scrum
level three.” Adopting Scrum is a complex process, and answering how you’re
doing at it will require a complex answer. Fortunately, many early-adopter com-
panies have experimented with ways of doing this, and a handful of suitable ap-
proaches have been documented and are available.
Chapter Contents
- The Purpose of Measuring
- General-Purpose Agility Assessments
- Shodan Adherence Survey
- Agile: EF
- Comparative Agility Assessment
- Creating Your Own Assessment
- A Balanced Scorecard for Scrum Teams
- Constructing the Balanced Scorecard
- Favor Simple Metrics
- Should We Really Bother with This?
- Additional Reading