It can be difficult for engineering leaders to find KPIs that are illustrative of the state of their team and meaningful to both the organization and the board.
Some leaders default to reporting on what they think the board cares about, even if they’re not looking at that data themselves. If you’re sharing something with the board that you’re not otherwise tracking, it’s a signal that something is amiss – you should always be reporting a subset of what you’re already looking at, rather than a separate collection of data. If something isn’t relevant to your priorities, it might not be worth discussing at a board meeting.