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In a long tradition of consultants imposing cookie-cutter solutions, McKinsey introduced a framework to measure developer productivity, which has triggered strong reactions in the software community (from Dan North, Kent Beck, or Gergely Orosz). The problem with productivity is not measuring it, but why we measure it in the first place. When we decide to measure something, it is because we have recognized a gap of knowledge we need to fill to improve our chances of making the business numbers. Halve the bad, double the good, the lean mantra goes. Reduce the number of bugs by half, reduce the delivery lead time by half,…

DORA Metrics: the Right Answer to measuring engineering team performance “What metrics should I use to measure my engineering team’s performance?” I get asked this question often enough to be worth an FAQ. You might expect my answer to be “it depends” but no: I believe there’s a single right answer! More precisely, there’s an established set of metrics that are so good, so widely applicable, that they should be your starting point. Jacob aka @jacobian The DORA metrics mentioned in the article - Deployment Frequency (DF), Lead Time For Changes (LT), Change Failure Rate (CFR), and Mean Time To Recovery…