The Development Metrics You Should Use (but Don’t) • Cat Swetel • GOTO 2020

This presentation was recorded at GOTOpia Europe 2020. #GOTOcon #GOTOpia http://gotopia.eu Catherine Swetel - Once Described as the Altoids of Lean-Agile Feminism @catswetel ABSTRACT Have you ever had a gut feeling a project is about to go off course but have no way to validate (or invalidate) that feeling? Has your team ever been burned by an inaccurate estimate or unreasonable expectation? Have you ever wished you could peer a bit into the future? Navigating the uncertainty of knowledge work is often difficult and uncomfortable. Catherine is an angry optimist imagining more equitable futures through technology. While this session doesn’t teach you to eliminate uncertainty or allow you to see the future, it does provide you with tools to explore and chart a reasonable course through the inherent ambiguity of knowledge work [...] TIMECODES 00:00 Intro 01:57 Know what you are measuring 04:20 Software development performance index 06:42 Quality 07:50 Responsiveness 26:55 Productivity 32:17 Predictability 36:16 Things to notice Download slides and read the full abstract here: https://gotopia.eu/2020/sessions/1480/the-development-metrics-you-should-use-but-don-t https://twitter.com/GOTOcon https://www.linkedin.com/company/goto- https://www.instagram.com/goto_con https://www.facebook.com/GOTOConferences #Metrics #DevelopmentMetrics #DeveloperProductivity #Programming #CatSwetel #CatherineSwetel CHANNEL MEMBERSHIP BONUS Join this channel to get early access to videos & other perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCs_tLP3AiwYKwdUHpltJPuA/join Looking for a unique learning experience? Attend the next GOTO conference near you! Get your ticket at https://gotopia.tech Sign up for updates and specials at https://gotopia.tech/newsletter SUBSCRIBE TO OUR CHANNEL - new videos posted almost daily. https://www.youtube.com/user/GotoConferences/?sub_confirmation=1