Metrics & Measurement
DORA, flow metrics, SPACE, and how to build a measurement system that survives contact with an executive who wants a single number.
Report delivery performance without inviting gaming.
Practitioner
2DORA Metrics Without The Gaming
The four key metrics are the best-evidenced delivery measures available, and they break the moment anyone is rewarded for them. Precise definitions, the specific gaming each invites, and how to report them so they survive contact with executives.
10 min readdorametricsFlow Metrics A Practical Guide
Flow time, throughput, flow efficiency, flow load and flow distribution — what each one tells you, how to instrument them from an ordinary Jira or Linear board, and why percentiles and Monte Carlo beat averages and estimates.
10 min readflow metricscycle time
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