Stop measuring R&D planning VS execution. Start measuring team velocity
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Most of you know me as a product person, but in the past year-and-a-half, I’ve been leading our R&D team @Bizzabo.Since taking the lead, I’ve searched for the best way to measure R&D team performance in a way that reflects the true value the team provides. We started by using the industry standard measure to track team performance: measuring planning versus delivery.These were our Team KPIs:Deviation of up to 20%: in order to become better in planningAverage of 2 days per task: we believe small tasks are better handled and can be better executedUptime of 99.95%My challenge was that these KPIs were not directly connected to the true value of the R&D team. We could easily deliver on the KPIs even if the pace was slow and the quality was low.After 6 months of iterations and changes, (...)
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