CHAPTER 13

The Learn Phase—Stepping Smarter into the Future

Having heard it is not as good as having seen it;

having seen it is not as good as knowing it;

knowing it is not as good as putting it into practice.

—Xunzi (312–230 BC)

You’ve arrived at the final step of the agile process: the Learn phase. Based on your plans and how their implementation went, you want to find out what worked well and what did not. How to tackle this is the theme of this chapter. It covers the resources available to you and how you can use them for your evaluation. And what to do when your evaluation is complete.

13.1 Evolving through Evaluation

The final step in the Think–Do–Learn process is dominated by analysis. Structured evaluation of your efforts and results ...

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