Many organizations are having trouble rolling out OKRs or objectives and key results, especially when top leaders overreach into the planning process using OKRs to bludgeon their favorite project or feature into the plan. Dr. Mik Kersten, Founder and CEO of Tasktop, talked at the recent DevOps Enterprise Summit about his seven years of experience using OKRs and what he's seen go right and wrong in large complex organizations. You can watch his full presentation here. I've now had eight years of … [Read more...]
Zone Management: Four Frameworks for Portfolio Management
In the final installment of our portfolio management series, we'll look at the four zone management framework. Segmenting and Categorizing to Prioritize Investments and Tailor Approach The challenge for well-established, successful companies is to free their company’s future from the pull of their legacy operating models and cultures. Part of this change involves moving from a traditional, hierarchical, vertically structured operating model to a cross-functional, cross-business, horizontally … [Read more...]
Predictive Metrics: Four Frameworks for Portfolio Management
Now that we've looked at historical data, let's turn to predictive metrics for portfolio management. In this edition of our Four Frameworks of Portfolio Management series, we'll take the predictive qualities of The Flow Framework and more to predict next steps. Considering Leading Indicators to Inform Future Results To thrive in times of technological disruption and economic uncertainty, organizations depend on their ability to adapt quickly to a changing market environment by rapidly evolving … [Read more...]
Historical Performance: Four Frameworks for Portfolio Management
The first framework we'll look at as part of our Four Frameworks of Portfolio Management series is historical performance metrics as an indicator of future performance. Evaluating Historical Revenue Growth and Profitability When evaluating a portfolio of investments, it helps to review historical performance and leading indicators. In this section, we will discuss how to illustrate an effective historical view of a company’s portfolio. When assessing past performance, it is important to evaluate … [Read more...]
Measure Software Delivery Performance with Four Key Metrics
This post has been adapted from Accelerate: The Science of Lean Software and DevOps by Nicole Forsgren, PhD, Jez Humble, and Gene Kim. There are many frameworks and methodologies that aim to improve the way we build software products and services. We wanted to discover what works and what doesn’t in a scientific way, starting with a definition of what “good” means in this context. This post presents the four key metrics to measure software delivery performance. MEASURING SOFTWARE DELIVERY … [Read more...]
Measuring Software Quality
This post was adapted from the Measuring Software Quality white paper, written by Cornelia Davis, Stephen Magill, Rosalind Radcliffe and James Wickett. In today’s digital economy, where software is central to the business, the overall quality of that software is more important than ever before. Together with a solid market need and business plan, top quality software leads to customer satisfaction, revenue, and profitability, and the best designs can even allow an organization to more … [Read more...]
