Kevin discussed the most common challenges that engineering teams face when measuring engineering ROI and how to address them from the start.
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The Case for Not Counting Story Points
Story points have their place in Agile for the foreseeable future, but they leave much to be desired by engineering leaders. Kevin discusses the flaws of counting story points for reporting and strategic decision making purposes.
Introducing the Engineering Leader’s Guide to Measuring ROI
We excited to have partnered with Andela to create the comprehensive guide on how to measure the total impact of your engineering teams through ROI.
What is Allocation?
One of the most common questions we hear technical leaders ask is, which metrics are actually worth tracking? At Jellyfish, we believe that Allocation should be the first metric that modern engineering leaders measure.
10 KPIs Technical Leaders Should Know in 2021 Part 4: Progress
In our final installment of the four part blog series on 10 KPIs engineering leaders should be tracking in 2021, we discuss how to measure progress toward the team’s deliverables.
10 KPIs Technical Leaders Should Know in 2021 Part 3: Process
Part three of our 10 KPIs technical leaders should track – metrics about process.
10 KPIs Technical Leaders Should Know in 2021 Part 2: Quality
Part two of our blog series on 10 KPIs technical leaders should be tracking in 2021: here are some metrics about quality.
10 KPIs Technical Leaders Should Know in 2021 Part 1: Investment
As an Engineering leader, exactly which data should you pay attention to? What metrics should you be tracking as your team’s key performance indicators (KPIs)? In this series of posts, we will present some of the KPIs that can help technical leaders answer these questions.
NEWSFLASH: Your CEO Doesn’t Give a Flying Fortran About Velocity
If you’re a VP of Engineering who proudly shows improving Velocity and related metrics to your CEO, watch out! Your CEO probably doesn’t know what she is signing up for and certainly doesn’t care about actual story points or Velocity, so showing these to her is only decreasing her trust in your ability to do the job.
How Technical Leaders Should Prepare for Budget Planning
Many companies have already begun the process of building next year’s budget. If you are a technical or engineering leader, here’s what you should be thinking about.