Module 28Optional
Module 27: Flow Metrics and Predictability
Replace velocity theatre with cycle time, work in progress, throughput and probabilistic forecasting that actually predicts a date.
11 lessons ~70 min 4 games Certificate included
This role module opens once you finish Foundations and pass its quiz. That way every learner shares the same Scrum baseline before specialising.
What you'll learn
- Lesson 27.1: Velocity is a capacity signal, not a performance metric
- Lesson 27.2: The four flow metrics and what each one answers
- Lesson 27.3: Little's Law and what it actually constrains
- Lesson 27.4: Work item age, the metric you can act on today
- Lesson 27.5: Scatterplots, percentiles, and giving a date with confidence
- Lesson 27.6: Monte Carlo forecasting versus story point extrapolation
Full lesson list
- 1Lesson 27.1: Velocity is a capacity signal, not a performance metric6 min
- 2Lesson 27.2: The four flow metrics and what each one answers6 min
- 3Lesson 27.3: Little's Law and what it actually constrains6 min
- 4Lesson 27.4: Work item age, the metric you can act on today6 min
- 5Lesson 27.5: Scatterplots, percentiles, and giving a date with confidence6 min
- 6Lesson 27.6: Monte Carlo forecasting versus story point extrapolation6 min
- 7Lesson 27.7: Instrumenting flow without a data team, and the anti-patterns to avoid6 min
- 8Lesson 27.8: Game - match the metric to the question it answers7 min
- 9Lesson 27.9: Game - cycle time has been creeping up for three Sprints7 min
- 10Lesson 27.10: Game - would this survive an executive asking 'how confident are you'7 min
- 11Lesson 27.11: Decision lab - the VP wants a fixed date for 42 backlog items7 min
- Flow Metrics and Predictability quizEarn certificate