Increase Your Agility Through Flow Metrics

Note: this is an in-person event taking place at

University of Auckland, 405-470 – Lecture Theatre (252), 7 Grafton Road. From Symonds Street: This is the most direct and recommended entrance. It will take you straight to Level 4, where Room 405-470 is located. From Grafton Road: This entrance brings you in at Level 2. From there, simply take the lift or stairs up to Level 4.

About this event:

In this session, 'Increase Your Agility Through Flow Metrics', you'll learn how to optimize your team's performance using key flow metrics from the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe). We’ll explore the importance of metrics in driving continuous improvement, identifying bottlenecks, and aligning team efforts with business goals. The session will cover essential flow metrics such as Flow Distribution, Flow Velocity, Flow Time, Flow Load, Flow Efficiency, and Flow Predictability, helping you measure and optimize the flow of work through your team. We’ll also dive deeper into Flow Load with some advanced metrics to further enhance visibility and decision-making. By the end of the session, you'll gain actionable insights on how to use these metrics to enhance agility, improve efficiency, deliver value faster to your customers, and avoid common pitfalls in metric usage.

About the Presenters:

Kevin Jones is an accomplished Scrum Master and Agile Coach with over 20 years of delivery leadership experience across New Zealand and internationally. With a strong track record in agile transformations, Kevin has led scaled agile implementations, coached high-performing squads, and built agile capability across major organisations including One NZ, 2degrees, the New Zealand Defence Force, and Air New Zealand. At One NZ, he established and led a Scrum Master chapter of 25+ practitioners, delivered strategic mobile product initiatives, and drove performance insights through coaching and data analytics. Kevin is known for his servant leadership, collaborative coaching style, and ability to align agile delivery with business value. He holds certifications in SAFe, Scrum (PSM I & II), Kanban (KMP), ICAgile (ICP-ACC), and is a PMP. Kevin is also a long-time volunteer with PMINZ, where he has mentored project professionals, organised national conferences, and served as a board member.

PDU's available:

• Ways of Working - 1 PDU

• Power Skills - 0.25 PDU

• Business Acumen - 0.25 PDU

Course Identifier: PMINZ202588

PDU Claim Code:012944LI02

Hosted by: PMINZ Auckland Branch