[2025] Essential Agile Reporting & Metrics

[2025] Essential Agile Reporting & Metrics free download

Learn to Create & Interpret Key Agile Reports: Burndown, Burnup, CFD, Velocity, Cycle Time.

Tired of Agile reports that don't provide real insight? Struggling to effectively track progress, demonstrate value, or make data-driven decisions for your Agile team?

Effective Agile reporting isn't about complex spreadsheets; it's about providing timely transparency and actionable insights. This course teaches you the essential metrics and reporting techniques used by successful Agile teams to visualize progress, identify bottlenecks, and foster continuous improvement.

Learn from Luke Angel, an instructor whose unique combination of PMP, CSM, Six Sigma Black Belt certifications, an MBA, and over 25+ years of leadership experience brings together Agile expertise, project management discipline, process improvement rigor (Six Sigma), and business acumen. Understand not just how to create the charts, but why they matter and how to use them effectively.

(What You'll Learn - Use Udemy's Curriculum Section for Detailed Topics):

• Grasp Agile Reporting Principles: Understand the importance of transparency, simplicity, and actionable data.

• Master Burndown & Burnup Charts: Learn to create, accurately interpret, and identify common patterns or anti-patterns.

• Utilize Cumulative Flow Diagrams (CFDs): Visualize your workflow, track Work In Progress (WIP), identify bottlenecks, and measure flow stability.

• Understand Key Flow Metrics: Learn to calculate and apply Cycle Time, Lead Time, and Throughput for process improvement.

• Track & Interpret Velocity: Understand how to use Velocity effectively for forecasting (and how not to misuse it).

• Connect Reporting to Agile Practices: See how metrics relate to Backlog Management, Taskboards, and Sprint events.

• Choose the Right Reports for Your Audience: Tailor reporting for the team versus stakeholders.

• Avoid Common Reporting Pitfalls: Recognize and steer clear of vanity metrics, metric weaponization, and reporting overhead.

• Adapt Reporting for Distributed Teams: Consider challenges and solutions for remote environments.

Who This Course Is For:

• Scrum Masters and Agile Coaches responsible for team metrics and reporting.

• Product Owners interested in tracking value delivery and progress.

• Development Team Members wanting to understand team performance metrics.

• Project Managers working in or transitioning to Agile environments.

• Managers and Stakeholders seeking to understand Agile team progress and predictability.

Requirements:

• A basic understanding of Agile principles and common frameworks like Scrum or Kanban is helpful.

Instructor:

Luke Angel (PMP, CSM, Six Sigma Black Belt, MBA | PgMP, PfMP) brings over 25 years of extensive experience and a powerful blend of certifications. His expertise in Agile (CSM), project management (PMP), data-driven process improvement (Six Sigma Black Belt), and business strategy (MBA) provides a unique perspective on creating meaningful and actionable Agile reports.

Stop guessing and start measuring! Learn to use Agile reporting to drive real improvement. Enroll Today!

Topics Include: 

1. How to be transparent

2. Communication Techniques

3. Product Backlog Managment

4. Backlog Grooming Techniques

5. Taskboard Management

6. Sprint Burndown Report Management

7. Release Burndown Report Management

8. Retrofitting and Working With Distributed Teams

9. How to Manage Scope Creep