These key engineering metrics help separate the truly elite software development teams from the rest.
While software development practices are constantly changing, there will always be a tier of truly elite engineering teams, who stand above their peers by combining unparalleled efficiency with top-tier code quality. But how do you measure elite performance?
Evolving elite metrics from DORA
The DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team, in collaboration with Nicole Forsgren, Gene Kim, Jez Humble, and Puppet, laid the groundwork for DevOps metrics. The four key metrics they identified – deployment frequency, lead time for changes, mean time to recovery, and change failure rate – helped quantify a culture of continuous improvement, and offered valuable insights into software development and delivery success.
