Data Geeks, This Is For You!

Using data to dig into your processes can be an absolute game-changer for efficiency. 

Case in point: We're working with a few growth companies right now, and their software engineering process was feeling a bit... sluggish. Turns out, the bigger those user stories got (think 5-8 story points and up), the cycle time went bonkers! Plus, the descriptions and acceptance criteria were changing non-stop on those complex tickets after development had started. 

So, what did we do? We told them to downsize those stories. BOOM – a major efficiency boost just from doing that! 

Lesson learned: sometimes the simplest tweaks, guided by data, can have a massive impact. If your software development process feels a bit bogged down, maybe it's time to take a hard look at your story sizing.