Flow Metrics
Defining and Measuring High Performance
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.
By designing and implementing the right metrics, DevOps teams can effectively track progress, identify bottlenecks, and optimize processes.
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.
Best Practices
Flow Framework
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.
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).
DVI
McKinsey developed the Developer Velocity Index (DVI) which pinpoints the critical factors related to technology, working practices and organizational enablement in achieving Developer Velocity.
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