An interesting measure to focus on is simply speed or throughput. The time it takes from a developer proudly shouting “It works on my computer!” to it actually working on the end user’s computer.

For each card ask yourself the following question:

To what extent would implementing this feature or ability improve the overall throughput of my pipeline?

The feedback is measured from one to three stars. Use the stars as follows:

The improvement can be counted in minutes.

The improvement can be counted in hours.

The improvement can be counted in days.