Agile Metrics in Action (eBook)

How to measure and improve team performance

Christopher Davis (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2015
272 Seiten
Manning (Verlag)
978-1-63835-045-3 (ISBN)

Infos

SummaryAgile Metrics in Action is a rich resource for agile teams that aim to use metrics to objectively measure performance. You'll learn how to gather data that really counts, along with how to effectively analyze and act upon the results.Purchase of the print book includes a free eBook in PDF, Kindle, and ePub formats from Manning Publications.About the BookThe iterative nature of agile development is perfect for experience-based, continuous improvement. Tracking systems, test and build tools, source control, continuous integration, and other built-in parts of a project lifecycle throw off a wealth of data you can use to improve your products, processes, and teams. The question is, how to do it?Agile Metrics in Action teaches you how. This practical book is a rich resource for an agile team that aims to use metrics to objectively measure performance. You'll learn how to gather the data that really count, along with how to effectively analyze and act upon the results. Along the way, you'll discover techniques all team members can use for better individual accountability and team performance.Practices in this book will work with any development process or tool stack. For code-based examples, this book uses Groovy, Grails, and MongoDB.What's InsideUse the data you generate every day from CI and ScrumImprove communication, productivity, transparency, and moraleObjectively measure performanceMake metrics a natural byproduct of your development processAbout the AuthorChristopher Davis has been a software engineer and team leader for over 15 years. He has led numerous teams to successful delivery using agile methodologies.Table of ContentsPART 1 MEASURING AGILE TEAMSMeasuring agile performanceObserving a live projectPART 2 COLLECTING AND ANALYZING YOUR TEAM'S DATATrends and data from project-tracking systemsTrends and data from source controlTrends and data from CI and deployment serversData from your production systemsPART 3 APPLYING METRICS TO YOUR TEAMS, PROCESSES, AND SOFTWAREWorking with the data you're collecting: the sum of the partsMeasuring the technical quality of your softwarePublishing metricsMeasuring your team against the agile principles

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 13.7.2015
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Software Entwicklung ► Agile Software Entwicklung
• ISBN-10: 1-63835-045-0 / 1638350450
• ISBN-13: 978-1-63835-045-3 / 9781638350453