Conclusion

In this chapter, we focused on setting Target Outcomes for the business problems and opportunities we uncovered in the previous chapters.

We explained what an outcome is and how it is different from output, and how we capture them, write them, measure them, and visualize them.

We dived deeper into measurable outcomes and metrics and explored the difference between primary outcomes and enabling outcomes. Enabling outcomes in a DevOps world is heavily focused on software delivery metrics and platform metrics.

You can read more and chat about the practice of setting Target Outcomes in the Open Practice Library at openpracticelibrary.com/practice/target-outcomes/.

Figure 10.13: Adding a further practice to the Delivery Loop to set Target Outcomes

We wrapped up this Discovery section by summarizing all learning on the Mobius Discovery Map.

So, now we have built a foundation of open culture and open technology practices and have done...