Innovation metrics help teams track their creative progress and improvements. A simple way to measure innovation is counting new ideas proposed per sprint. Teams often use a simple technique — each member suggests at least one improvement idea during sprint retrospectives. This creates a steady flow of potential innovations.

Experimentation rate shows how many new ideas actually get tested. For example, healthy teams usually try out 1-2 new approaches each sprint, whether it's a new tool, process improvement, or technical solution. Not every experiment needs to succeed — the goal is learning from each attempt.

Implementation success tracks which innovations stick around. If a team tries 10 new ideas and keeps using 3 of them, that's a 30% success rate. This is normal — innovation involves some failure, and a 20-30% success rate is considered healthy for most teams. Create a dedicated "Innovation Corner" in your sprint board to track experiments — mark them green if adopted, yellow if still testing, red if abandoned.