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5 key metrics for IT success

CIO

IT leaders are drowning in metrics, with many finding themselves up to their KPIs in a seemingly bottomless pool of measurement tools. There are several important metrics that can be used to achieve IT success, says Jonathan Nikols, senior vice president of global enterprise sales for the Americas at Verizon. Here they are.

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Is it worth measuring software developer productivity? CIOs weigh in

CIO

“Focusing on innovation and tech deployment helps pinpoint and eliminate obstacles that impede tech teams,” she says, adding that while measuring software development production is essential for IT digitalization, it also requires a careful rollout to maintain a healthy team dynamic.

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The Metrics Disconnect Between Developers and IT Leaders

DevOps.com

A survey of 350 software developers found a majority (91%) of respondents are unhappy with the actual metrics leadership teams are measuring.

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The Shift Beyond the Hype: Transitioning from Vanity Metrics to Authentic Business Objectives

Xebia

Introduction Among the sea of metrics, vanity numbers have often taken the spotlight, leaving many organizations lost in a world of misleading indicators and superficial gains. The catch is that many of these metrics (Website views, Leads in Sales Funnel, Marketing spent, Revenue without profit etc.)

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Software development project Postmortem

Apiumhub

If you’ve been a part of any software development project, you know things don’t always go as planned. And in Apiumhub we believe that the best way to work through what happened during an incident and capture any lessons learned is by conducting a software development project postmortem. Quantitative data.

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Codacy nabs $15M to improve code reviews with automation

TechCrunch

Code review is a key step during the software development process — it’s when people check a program by viewing and reading parts of the source code. But despite its importance, not all developers are pleased with the way traditional code reviews work.

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5 signs your agile practices will lead to digital disaster

CIO

If the organization has little to no trust, especially between software development teams and management or your executives and anyone under them, the transformation of anything will not work,” she said. Agile can help build trust between teams, stakeholders, and leadership, but agile cannot correct a lack of trust between people.

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