If you want to empower developers to make autonomous decisions, here are some ways to use success metrics to set clear expectations.
An engineer’s autonomy is directly associated with productivity, as well as having the space to create, innovate, and grow. Success metrics are a great tool for fostering autonomy, and empowering your reports to make more decisions themselves.
Many managers use success metrics for reviewing the performance of a long-term project, at the end of the process. But there are many benefits to also using these metrics earlier on in the development process. As a development manager at Shopify, leading a team of sixteen people, including managers, I’ve seen how introducing success metrics in other scenarios has helped to drive autonomy.
