> And, in a world where agile methods have long taught us that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. Edwards Deming, who in terms of process optimization,

> And, in a world where agile methods have long taught us that you can’t improve what you can’t measure. Edwards Deming, who in terms of process optimization, is (in my carefully considered opinion) head and shoulder above everyone I’ve ever encountered pushing related ideas in software development, challenges the idea of “you can’t manage what you can’t measure”. His belief was it’s far more important to understand the system in which a worker operates, after which you can absolutely make improvements affecting global output without a local measure.