We Have Metrics. Now What?
7 min read A Guide for Legacy-Minded Leaders on Using Metrics to Drive the Right Behavior From Outputs to Outcomes…
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I began writing consistently in December 2021, writing about leadership, technology, and the organizational systems behind performance and change. What started as reflections on team dynamics and operational metrics has grown into a broader examination of how thoughtful leadership drives meaningful outcomes in software engineering and beyond.
Today, these posts cover everything from AI-driven transformation and engineering culture to the human side of building great teams, always grounded in real experience and a commitment to rethinking conventional wisdom.
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A Self-Guided Performance Assessment for Agile Delivery Teams
12 min read This all started with a conversation and a question: “We do performance reviews for individuals, but what…
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From Feature Factory to Purpose-Driven Development: Why Anticipated Outcomes Are Non-Negotiable
9 min read Connect the dots: Show how engineering efforts drive business impact by linking their work to key organization…
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Avoiding Flow Metric Confusion: Aligning Agile Work Hierarchy to Flow Items
10 min read Adopting Flow Metrics without understanding Value Stream Management, Flow Items, and the Agile Work Hierarchy can create…
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Decoding the Metrics Maze: How Platform Marketing Fuels Confusion Between SEI, VSM, and Metrics
9 min read A Landscape of Confusion By 2025, the tech industry will be more data-driven than ever, with engineering…
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Beyond outcome-focused metrics: Connecting Work to Outcomes
5 min read In her recent article, Measuring What Matters: Using Outcome-Focused Metrics to Build High-Performing Teams in 2025 1,…
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Breaking Free from the Build Trap: Delivering Meaningful Outcomes
10 min read This article is the final part of a series on linking software engineering to business success. If…
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Navigating the Digital Product Workflow Metrics Landscape: From DORA to Comprehensive Value Stream Management Platform Solutions
19 min read Using engineering metrics can greatly improve your work. Which metrics can help you and your teams improve…
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A Balanced Approach to Agile Metrics: Empowering Teams and Mitigating Risks
5 min read Metrics can provide teams with insights and evidence where things are taking longer, are causing friction, and…
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Unpacking The State of Value Stream Management Report 2023
3 min read VSM Adoption In December 2020, I introduced Value Stream Management (VSM) and Flow Metrics to our teams.…
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Mitigating Metric Misuse: Preventing the Misuse of Metrics and Prioritizing Outcomes Over Outputs
6 min read The business needs feedback on technology investments. Teams need insights into flow efficiency and potential bottlenecks. Part…
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Developer Experience: The Power of Sentiment Metrics in Building a TeamX Culture
6 min read “If you are in a good culture, you will feel and know it, and it’s sometimes hard…
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Outcome Metrics and the Difficulty of Reporting on Value
4 min read What does it mean to “deliver value”? Defining value deserves its own focus. This article picks up…
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Finally, Metrics That Help: Boosting Productivity Through Improved Team Experience, Flow, and Bottlenecks.
13 min read Note: This article has two parts: First, a view on today’s data insights and metrics. Second, our…
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