Resource optimization vs. Flow. It all comes down to measuring outcomes over time. Doing agile is doing right-ish things at the right-ish times, including ways

Resource optimization vs. Flow. It all comes down to measuring outcomes over time. Doing agile is doing right-ish things at the right-ish times, including ways of working. Use retros - are we being efficient over time? Why and when? Why not and when not? My teams tend to flow in and out of pairs, mobs and single contributions, all depending on task at hand and circumstance. Flow! Are you flowing? How do you know? Over time I’ve noticed that really well gelled pair and/or mobs deliver more consistently, over longer periods of time. YMMV.