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Flow Metrics

Flow Metrics offer a methodology for effectively quantifying, measuring and improving the throughput of DevOps work streams.
Monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) to track progress and identify bottlenecks in the development process. Use metrics like cycle time, lead time, and throughput to measure team performance and make data-driven decisions for improvement.

High Performance Measurement

Establishing the right DevOps metrics will enable development teams to define and measure what matters, providing a control loop for new working processes that deliver high performance results.

The Flow Framework describes that there are four Flow Metrics that measure how value flows through a product’s value stream, calculated on four Flow Items, units of work that matter to a business: features, defects, debt, and risk.

  • Flow Velocity gauges whether value delivery is accelerating also referred to as throughput.
  • Flow Time measures the time it takes for Flow Items to go from ‘work start’ to ‘work complete’, including both active and wait times.
  • Flow Efficiency is the ratio of active time vs. wait time out of the total Flow Time.
  • Flow Load monitors the number of Flow Items currently in progress (active or waiting) within a particular value stream.

Developer Velocity Index

McKinsey developed the Developer Velocity Index (DVI) which pinpoints the critical factors related to technology, working practices and organizational enablement in achieving Developer Velocity.

DORA

Google’s DevOps research team defined ‘DORA‘ – ‘Four Keys’ of Deployment Frequency (DF), Lead Time for Changes (LTC), Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR), and Change Failure Rate (CFR).

Directory

The Partner Directory includes Vendors and Consultants who provide technologies and professional services for designing and implementing DevOps Metrics.

Best Practices

An ongoing article series on implementing Flow Metrics best practices.

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Accelerating DevOps with DORA - Deutsche Bank

Learn from the 2021 Google Cloud DevOps Award winner, Deutsche Bank, on how they have been accelerating their DevOps with DORA principles.

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