Engineering Metrics for Beginners
The article discusses the importance of understanding engineering metrics and their appropriate use in the industry. It emphasizes that metrics should be aligned with specific goals and not misused for evaluation or judgment. The author encourages engineering leaders to focus on metrics that drive improvement rather than collecting data for its own sake.
- ▪Many professionals misuse engineering metrics due to a lack of understanding of their purpose.
- ▪Metrics should be used to inform decisions, evaluate performance, or improve over time, depending on the context.
- ▪The health of a delivery pipeline can be measured through metrics like Deployment Frequency and Change Failure Rate.
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Management and OperationsEngineering Metrics for BeginnersGet an understanding of table-stakes engineering metrics.Joseph GefrohMay 18, 20261ShareI see far too much mis-use of metrics in the industry. From people using Story Points as a functional evaluation tool to lines of code as a productivity metric. Much of it is innocent mis-use by misinformed people who follow frameworks like Scrum or DORA without taking the additional steps of understanding their root principles. Others use it with a bit more of a unethical tilt to trick others.If you’re an engineering leader, you owe it to your team to have a framework for the metrics you are tracking.Start with whyThe first thing to look at isn’t the metric itself, but why you are looking at them.
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