Where to Measure and Learn

In Chapter 10, Setting Outcomes, we introduced the practice of setting Target Outcomes based on all of the learning that came out of the practices on the Discovery Loop. We showed how to make these measurable and how to visualize them as an information radiator so everyone can inspect them. Using metrics, we can inspect where we are now in quantifiable terms, where we've been, and where we want to get to for each measurable outcome.

We explained the difference between primary (business-focused) outcomes and supporting enabling outcomes, which are non-functional-based outcomes. Since then, we have organized all of our work around those Target Outcomes and have radiated them in other practice artifacts, including the Value Slice on the Options Pivot and Scrum boards in the Delivery Loop. Those outcomes should be our starting point for measurement, and re-visualizing them will allow us to measure the progress we have made (or not) toward the target value...