Metrics
Derek Huether
Most Important Metric for an Enterprise

As an executive, you will be faced with the choice to do the pivot (if you can) or persevere (if you have no other choice). This will lead to a series of “bets”. You lead with a hypothesis that the things you change will allow you to operate at pre-event levels. But, how long will it actually take for you to validate your hypothesis and have a bet pay off with pre-event levels? If you run out of time to figure it out or run out of bets you can place, then you either lose your standing in the market or worse risk going out of business.

Derek Huether
How to identify dependencies with Tableau and ...

Regardless of the organization or institution, there will always be dependencies. The larger the organization, the greater chance of the existence of dependencies.
This template is available for download from Tableau Public

Video
Derek Huether
Value Stream Management

In the following interview (both video and audio), Dave Prior and I explore why Value Stream Management is so important, how it works, the connection to Value Stream Mapping, and how you can get started with it.

Derek Huether
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)

Key performance indicators (KPIs) are metrics that are used to evaluate the performance of an organization or individual. They are used to measure progress towards achieving specific goals or objectives and to determine whether an organization or individual is meeting their targets.

Enterprise Insights, Jira Align, Metrics, Tableau
Derek Huether
How Atlassian Jira Align Supports Flow Metrics

I keep getting asked, does Jira Align support Flow Metrics, as defined in the Flow Framework and SAFe? The short answer is yes. If you believe these metrics will help unlock the potential of your teams, use this community post to see working examples of Tableau reports I have created using Jira Align and Enterprise Insights.

How Atlassian Jira Align Supports Flow Metrics

Assessment

My Personality Assessment

checklistI recently took a personality assessment for LeadingAgile.  I didn't know what to expect.  I wasn't happy with all of the choices that were presented to me but I answered all of the questions the best that I could.  Below is the outcome of the assessment.  When I showed it to my wife, she laughed and nodded her head. Regardless if this was a partial result or the full readout, they kind of nailed it.

Strengths:

  • Assumes the weight of the world on his shoulders
  • Probably more good than bad, but his focus in personal goals and relentless intensity can make for a person who will execute at a high level.
  • His quick decision-making and ability to change direction is helpful to inspire confidence.

Opportunity:

  • His temper and emotions get the best of him at times and can be explosive.
  • He tends to be focused on going solo in his role and probably doesn't share much.
  • He's super willing to take on tasks or responsibility which may weigh him down especially as he's not the most organized person either.

Final Take:

  • There's A LOT going on in his life and he's not taking time to stay balanced.
  • Something is new or changed in his life that is causing him to be really stressed and not have time to exercise and is causing him to be really short and harsh in his reaction and interactions with others.
  • He's a really strong individual who has a ton of quality strengths, he just needs to fix whatever is going on with him and build a way to manage the stress and aggravation that is present.

I'll have to give these these people credit.  They pretty much nailed me.  I am very goal orientated and do have a relentless intensity.  When someone tells me they are doing their best, my internal monologue says something like "Don't do your best. Do better".  To provide clarity around "he tends to be focused on going solo", it should be written as "if he doesn't feel confident others will do something to the level he expects, he'll do it himself".  I do take on a lot of responsibility and lack organization and therefore use a personal kanban for everything.  I think the misunderstanding there is I enforce my WIP limits.

Knowing my limitations makes me very anxious.  I'm working on balancing things out a little by running more, which I did this morning.  My long term goal is having a stable velocity and sustainable pace.

 

Has anyone else out there taken one of these assessments?  What do you think of them?