Metrics Quickstart
Set up essential CD metrics in one day and start improving delivery performance
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Tag: Metrics
Metrics Cheat Sheet
Quick reference guide for key CD metrics with targets and improvement strategies
2 minute read
24 Capabilities to Drive Improvement
Research-backed practices from the State of DevOps reports and DORA metrics
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Metrics Overview
An overview of key metrics for measuring and improving Continuous Delivery performance
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Average Build Downtime
Time the build stays broken before being fixed - measures team discipline and CI commitment
less than a minute
Build Duration
Time for CI pipeline to complete - critical for fast feedback and should be under 10 minutes
less than a minute
Change Fail Rate
Percentage of changes that result in degraded service or require remediation - a key DORA stability metric
less than a minute
Code Coverage
Percentage of code exercised by tests - useful indicator but can be gamed, use with caution
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Code Inventory
Amount of code written but not yet delivered to production - represents unrealized value and risk
less than a minute
Defect Rate
Measure of escaped defects found in production, indicating test effectiveness and quality processes
less than a minute
Delivery Frequency
How often changes are deployed to production - a key DORA metric measuring throughput and team capability
less than a minute
Development Cycle Time
Average time from starting work until release to production - a key flow metric for identifying delivery bottlenecks and improving feedback speed
less than a minute
Code Integration Frequency
How often code is integrated to trunk/main - indicator of CI practice maturity and team collaboration
less than a minute
Lead Time
Total time from customer request to delivery in production - measures entire value stream efficiency
less than a minute
Mean Time to Repair (MTTR)
Average time to restore service after an incident - a key DORA stability metric measuring recovery capability
less than a minute
Quality Metrics
Comprehensive view of quality indicators including defects, test coverage, and technical debt
less than a minute
Velocity / Throughput
Amount of work completed per iteration - team capacity planning metric that should be used carefully, not as productivity measure
less than a minute
Work in Progress (WIP)
Count of started but unfinished work - leading indicator of flow problems and context switching
less than a minute