Making remote leadership work Part IV: Working with teams – connecting the islands
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Creating a strong team
Setting the right goals
The four key metrics from the State of DevOps Report (DORA) are powerful because they provide a clear and objective way to measure the performance and effectiveness of an organization’s software development and delivery process. These metrics include:
Deployment frequency: This metric measures how often an organization deploys new code to production. High deployment frequency is associated with faster delivery of new features and improvements and more frequent feedback from users.
Lead time for changes: This metric measures the time it takes for code changes to be deployed to production. Short lead times are associated with faster delivery of new features and improvements and more agility and flexibility in responding to changing business needs. I usually measure the entire lead time for changes, from creating a ticket/story for it until it has reached production.
Mean time to restore (MTTR): This metric measures the average time it takes to resolve a production incident. Short MTTR is associated with higher availability and reliability of an organization’s systems and services.
Change failure rate: This metric measures the percentage of deployments that result in a failure or rollback. A low change failure rate is associated with more reliable and stable systems and higher confidence in the organization’s ability to deliver new features and improvements.
Together, these metrics provide a comprehensive view of an organization’s software development and delivery process and can be used to identify areas for improvement and drive continuous improvement.
