Noise - information that does not help us from making a decision or seeing the problem more clearly. Noise is a distraction.

Maturity models (where teams / organizations answer questions and get radar charts showing their maturity in various areas) as well as dashboards of 'productivity' are noise.

But that doesn't mean that there is no way of measuring progress or improving. This session shows you how.

Starting with defining the problem and identifying appropriate signals that don't show up on dashboards, this session then takes attendees into how to model the influences on those signals. This provides a more complete view of the problem space as well as creates a multitude of possible interventions - at the team level, the product level, and the organizational level.

With these signals and model in hand, attendees will then learn how to create a context map, identifying the optional paths along the route to improvement, while seeing ways to identify early signals of progress.

Cut through the noise and get to the essence of the problem.