The Metric to Measure the Agile Transformation Success
It is difficult to measure the level of success in an Agile transformation, but what if we had an objective metric that could steer the transformation?
My first transformation experience
I have been in several organizations claiming being agile, or transforming towards Agile, but I never felt that it was fully achieved. The first time was fifteen years ago. I still remember being on my seat, and the manager coming and telling us that we would start doing Scrum. A few days later, management explained us some story about pigs and chickens, and how we would start doing dailies, grooming, sprints, and frequent delivery.
Nothing changed. We continued doing the same tasks, with different names. We continued talking to each other about what we were doing each day, meeting to discuss each new feature, and delivering new builds when each functionality was ready. And we knew that it was not working as intended, when trying to decide the priority of each feature of the backlog, the product manager decided that all tasks had the same value.
One can argue that we were already following some Agile practices before adopting Scrum, and that is probably right. But, after…
