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In the previous 3 articles I reviewed some of the most important Agile metrics that Dan Vacanti’s ActionableAgile software helps you to get with ease. Those were Cycle Time with the help of the Cycle Time Scatterplot , and a multitude of metrics, provided by the Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD). MORE
Follow us on Twitter for all the latest and greatest posts from our blog: NEW POST The Must Have Metrics Any #DevOps and #SRE Manager Should Look At [link] pic.twitter.com/HvPxIODNUI. This metric clearly represents how successful the team is in accomplishing that goal. MORE
These four customer success metrics are ones that often fly under the radar. But they’re metrics that can give your CS team an earlier indication of the health of your customer relationships. Imagine trying to run your business if you could only monitor topline revenue. MORE
"It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it—a costly myth." " –W. Edwards Deming The Deming quote at the top of this post is often twisted into something worthy of Frederick Taylor: "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it." " Deming would disagree. You can—in fact, must—manage things… Agility MORE
The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. One of my screening questions read, “What standard metrics would you track if any and for what purpose?” So far, I hired 2 Scrum Masters whose answer to the question didn’t have any of those metrics. Somehow during the Holy Scrum Kanban decades of feud these metrics were banished from the Scrum land and forgotten by many. Those numbers that matter, the Agile Metrics. MORE
To deliver the most value, encourage your return and loyalty, executives of companies like these start their weeks with looking at metrics – pieces of quantifiable data that illustrate the changes in revenue and customer behavior. KPIs and metrics for product management. MORE
While DevOps has come a long way in terms of understanding and adoption, 2019 is going to be marked by a concerted effort to applying metrics to DevOps processes. The post CloudBees: 2019 to Be Year of DevOps Metrics appeared first on DevOps.com. MORE
In this post, we describe which specific security metrics you need to help, instead of slowing down, your organization’s business processes. Which Security Metrics Actually Matter? Three High-Impact Security Metrics. Security Metrics Are Only the Beginning. MORE
In the first part of Getting to 85 – Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile we looked at the Cycle Time Scatterplot as generated by ActionableAgile software. CFD Agile Metrics for Estimation. MORE
However, distributed systems are complex and as such, accompanied by many challenges, particularly when it comes to the scalability of metrics. The post The Challenge of Scaling Metrics in Distributed Systems appeared first on DevOps.com. MORE
In this blog post series, we are going to show how the charts and metrics on Cloudera Manager (CM) can help troubleshoot Impala performance issues. The post Assessment of Apache Impala Performance using Cloudera Manager Metrics – Part 1 of 3 appeared first on Cloudera Engineering Blog. CDH Cloudera Manager Impala Performance apache impala metrics performance queries tuning MORE
We might, for example, want to see application metrics, database logs and network traffic side-by-side. We don’t always talk about the differences in these types of data, so today we’re covering a question I get asked most often: what is the difference between metrics and events? MORE
Know your metrics and the behaviors they drive. Everyone at your company should understand which metrics drive the business, and what behaviors they encourage. He went on to say, “Everyone needs to know how each metric fits into the big picture…why and how we’re measuring something, and how it’s relevant to performance.”. More directly, I would say metrics should capture the changing environment of your business so you can make informed decisions. MORE
In the first part of Getting to 85 – Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile we looked at the Cycle Time Scatterplot created by ActionableAgile software. I surely do - these questions are the core to inspecting and adapting your agile metrics. MORE
Though a legitimate cost metric, it has the effect of making object storage one-dimensional and relegates it to archival use cases. These five elements, in addition to cost, are what define the new metrics in object storage. The new performance metric is throughput, not latency. MORE
Here’s the thing – metrics are at best useless, and quite possibly harmful, if the wrong things are being measured. In today’s post I will attempt to provide some general guidelines that will be useful to any business attempting to create and analyze a valid set of success metrics. MORE
If I’m used to metrics, how should I think about events in Honeycomb? This question cuts to the heart of how Honeycomb is different from other vendors in the APM and metrics space who claim to provide tools that help teams achieve observability, and we hear variations on it fairly often. MORE
The way we develop and deliver software has changed dramatically in the past five years—but the metrics we use to measure quality remain largely the same. The post What Quality Metrics Matter Most for DevOps? MORE
To answer this question, we recently created a framework that helps organizations pinpoint critical gaps in data and metrics that are holding them back on their reliability journeys. Code Metrics. Transactions & Performance Metrics. System Metrics. MORE
We run a ton of A/B tests at Spotify and we look at a ton of metrics. Defining metrics is a little bit of an art form. Ideally you want to define success metrics before you run a test to avoid cherry picking metrics. You also want to define a metric that has as high signal to noise ratio. And of course, most importantly, your metric should ideally correlate to high level business impact as much as possible. Bad metric. MORE
In September, Brandon Leach, Sr Engineering Manager at Lookout, gave a talk at our Test in Production Meetup on Increasing Deployment Safety with Metric Based Canaries. We began looking for ways to automate metric-based deployments in Spinnaker, so I this context what is a canary? MORE
There has been so much written about Velocity and its impact on teams yet it is one metric that eludes everyone and keeps cropping up whenever there is discussion around productivity. Is it really a metric of productivity? Inspection and Adaptation with Transparency at the last possible moment trumps all the metrics. If it is being used to measure anything else besides forecasting then we are using a wrong metric for a wrong purpose MORE
TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics — An Eye-Opening Exercise. Moreover, if the team fails to deliver on that metric something is wrong with the Scrum Team. Apparently, not faking agile metrics, or being transparent in this case, does not seem to be valued here.) . MORE
There are metrics that relate to the “Logical Six” potential sources of delay which are key to improve forecasting accuracy. The metrics can used to create a Root Cause RAG Progress Report – to share a more accurate forecast and clear mitigations. Planning Agile Estimation Project Management NoProjects Metrics NoEstimates Agile Value & Metrics Culture & Methods article MORE
Below are the five levels of values and metrics that you can use to evaluate the community of practice in your organisation: Immediate Value – refers to the valuable interactions or activities between the members of the community. The post Communities of Practice Measurement: Focusing on the Right Metrics to Grow Your Company’s Knowledge Capital appeared first on Luís Gonçalves. Making Sense of Your Company’s Knowledge Capital – Communities of Practice Measurement. MORE
The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. One of my screening questions read, “What standard metrics would you track if any and for what purpose?” So far, I hired 2 Scrum Masters whose answer to the question didn’t have any of those metrics. MORE
The post xMatters Incorporates Stackdriver APM Metrics from Google appeared first on DevOps.com. MORE
We run a ton of A/B tests at Spotify and we look at a ton of metrics. Defining metrics is a little bit of an art form. Ideally you want to define success metrics before you run a test to avoid cherry picking metrics. You also want to define a metric that has as high signal to noise ratio. And of course, most importantly, your metric should ideally correlate to high level business impact as much as possible. Bad metric. MORE
Yet, most of today’s go/no-go decision still hinge upon quality metrics designed for a different era. Why not re-examine quality metrics as well? What other metrics can help us ensure that the steady stream of updates are truly fit for production? The 20 Most Important Metrics. MORE
The post Hooked on Service Metrics appeared first on DevOps.com. Blogs DevOps Practice Microservices Journal Operations devops microservices service mesh service metricsWe live in an increasingly “as-a-service” world. MORE
The post Using metrics to find the pain points in a legacy codebase appeared first on Xebia Blog. Metrics Software Development Sonar TDD Test TestingWhen you are new to a codebase, you may realise that it’s new for you, but not new to the world. MORE
In this article, I’ll talk about some of the most important metrics to consider for monitoring. Picking the Most Important Metrics. Let’s consider a couple of key metrics: Error Handling. So far, we’ve indicated two critical metrics to use for your application. MORE
Metrics Related Topics Scrum.org
OCTOBER 7, 2019
TL; DR: Faking Agile Metrics — An Eye-Opening Exercise. Moreover, if the team fails to deliver on that metric something is wrong with the Scrum Team. Apparently, not faking agile metrics, or being transparent in this case, does not seem to be valued here.) .
DevOps.com
JULY 8, 2019
The way we develop and deliver software has changed dramatically in the past five years—but the metrics we use to measure quality remain largely the same. The post What Quality Metrics Matter Most for DevOps?
DevOps.com
JANUARY 21, 2019
The post Hooked on Service Metrics appeared first on DevOps.com. Blogs DevOps Practice Microservices Journal Operations devops microservices service mesh service metricsWe live in an increasingly “as-a-service” world.
Xebia
SEPTEMBER 16, 2019
The post Using metrics to find the pain points in a legacy codebase appeared first on Xebia Blog. Metrics Software Development Sonar TDD Test TestingWhen you are new to a codebase, you may realise that it’s new for you, but not new to the world.
Speaker: Sam McAfee, Product Development Consultant, Startup Patterns
Scrum.org
MARCH 18, 2019
The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. One of my screening questions read, “What standard metrics would you track if any and for what purpose?” So far, I hired 2 Scrum Masters whose answer to the question didn’t have any of those metrics.
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Scrum.org
MARCH 8, 2019
There has been so much written about Velocity and its impact on teams yet it is one metric that eludes everyone and keeps cropping up whenever there is discussion around productivity. Is it really a metric of productivity? Inspection and Adaptation with Transparency at the last possible moment trumps all the metrics. If it is being used to measure anything else besides forecasting then we are using a wrong metric for a wrong purpose
Scrum.org
MARCH 21, 2019
In the first part of Getting to 85 – Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile we looked at the Cycle Time Scatterplot created by ActionableAgile software. I surely do - these questions are the core to inspecting and adapting your agile metrics.
Erik Bernhardsson
JANUARY 22, 2014
We run a ton of A/B tests at Spotify and we look at a ton of metrics. Defining metrics is a little bit of an art form. Ideally you want to define success metrics before you run a test to avoid cherry picking metrics. You also want to define a metric that has as high signal to noise ratio. And of course, most importantly, your metric should ideally correlate to high level business impact as much as possible. Bad metric.
Erik Bernhardsson
JANUARY 22, 2014
We run a ton of A/B tests at Spotify and we look at a ton of metrics. Defining metrics is a little bit of an art form. Ideally you want to define success metrics before you run a test to avoid cherry picking metrics. You also want to define a metric that has as high signal to noise ratio. And of course, most importantly, your metric should ideally correlate to high level business impact as much as possible. Bad metric.
Speaker: Hannah Stegen, Customer Service Manager, Crescendo
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Scrum.org
MARCH 19, 2019
In the first part of Getting to 85 – Agile Metrics with ActionableAgile we looked at the Cycle Time Scatterplot as generated by ActionableAgile software. CFD Agile Metrics for Estimation.
Scrum.org
MARCH 23, 2019
In the previous 3 articles I reviewed some of the most important Agile metrics that Dan Vacanti’s ActionableAgile software helps you to get with ease. Those were Cycle Time with the help of the Cycle Time Scatterplot , and a multitude of metrics, provided by the Cumulative Flow Diagram (CFD).
OverOps
AUGUST 12, 2019
To answer this question, we recently created a framework that helps organizations pinpoint critical gaps in data and metrics that are holding them back on their reliability journeys. Code Metrics. Transactions & Performance Metrics. System Metrics.
Altexsoft
FEBRUARY 22, 2019
To deliver the most value, encourage your return and loyalty, executives of companies like these start their weeks with looking at metrics – pieces of quantifiable data that illustrate the changes in revenue and customer behavior. KPIs and metrics for product management.
The New Stack
JULY 24, 2019
Yet, most of today’s go/no-go decision still hinge upon quality metrics designed for a different era. Why not re-examine quality metrics as well? What other metrics can help us ensure that the steady stream of updates are truly fit for production? The 20 Most Important Metrics.
DevOps.com
JANUARY 17, 2019
The post xMatters Incorporates Stackdriver APM Metrics from Google appeared first on DevOps.com.
DevOps.com
NOVEMBER 4, 2019
However, distributed systems are complex and as such, accompanied by many challenges, particularly when it comes to the scalability of metrics. The post The Challenge of Scaling Metrics in Distributed Systems appeared first on DevOps.com.
The New Stack
JUNE 28, 2019
In this post, we describe which specific security metrics you need to help, instead of slowing down, your organization’s business processes. Which Security Metrics Actually Matter? Three High-Impact Security Metrics. Security Metrics Are Only the Beginning.
Speaker: Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant, Rothman Consulting Group
InfoQ Culture Methods
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
There are metrics that relate to the “Logical Six” potential sources of delay which are key to improve forecasting accuracy. The metrics can used to create a Root Cause RAG Progress Report – to share a more accurate forecast and clear mitigations. Planning Agile Estimation Project Management NoProjects Metrics NoEstimates Agile Value & Metrics Culture & Methods article
OverOps
AUGUST 21, 2018
Follow us on Twitter for all the latest and greatest posts from our blog: NEW POST The Must Have Metrics Any #DevOps and #SRE Manager Should Look At [link] pic.twitter.com/HvPxIODNUI. This metric clearly represents how successful the team is in accomplishing that goal.
The New Stack
NOVEMBER 1, 2019
Though a legitimate cost metric, it has the effect of making object storage one-dimensional and relegates it to archival use cases. These five elements, in addition to cost, are what define the new metrics in object storage. The new performance metric is throughput, not latency.
Scrum.org
MARCH 18, 2019
The topic of Agile Metrics inevitably comes up in many situations and conversations. One of my screening questions read, “What standard metrics would you track if any and for what purpose?” So far, I hired 2 Scrum Masters whose answer to the question didn’t have any of those metrics. Somehow during the Holy Scrum Kanban decades of feud these metrics were banished from the Scrum land and forgotten by many. Those numbers that matter, the Agile Metrics.
Speaker: Sari Harrison, Product Management Instructor, Product School
Cloudera Engineering
DECEMBER 12, 2018
In this blog post series, we are going to show how the charts and metrics on Cloudera Manager (CM) can help troubleshoot Impala performance issues. The post Assessment of Apache Impala Performance using Cloudera Manager Metrics – Part 1 of 3 appeared first on Cloudera Engineering Blog. CDH Cloudera Manager Impala Performance apache impala metrics performance queries tuning
CloudZero
MAY 28, 2019
However, there’s one metric your DevOps team might not be tracking: The cloud cost of their engineering decisions. DevOps is a very data-driven practice.
The New Stack
FEBRUARY 28, 2019
We might, for example, want to see application metrics, database logs and network traffic side-by-side. We don’t always talk about the differences in these types of data, so today we’re covering a question I get asked most often: what is the difference between metrics and events?
N2Growth Blog
NOVEMBER 17, 2011
Here’s the thing – metrics are at best useless, and quite possibly harmful, if the wrong things are being measured. In today’s post I will attempt to provide some general guidelines that will be useful to any business attempting to create and analyze a valid set of success metrics.
Honeycomb
APRIL 25, 2019
If I’m used to metrics, how should I think about events in Honeycomb? This question cuts to the heart of how Honeycomb is different from other vendors in the APM and metrics space who claim to provide tools that help teams achieve observability, and we hear variations on it fairly often.
Allen Holub
JANUARY 30, 2018
"It is wrong to suppose that if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it—a costly myth." " –W. Edwards Deming The Deming quote at the top of this post is often twisted into something worthy of Frederick Taylor: "if you can't measure it, you can't manage it." " Deming would disagree. You can—in fact, must—manage things… Agility
LaunchDarkly
OCTOBER 29, 2018
In September, Brandon Leach, Sr Engineering Manager at Lookout, gave a talk at our Test in Production Meetup on Increasing Deployment Safety with Metric Based Canaries. We began looking for ways to automate metric-based deployments in Spinnaker, so I this context what is a canary?
Speaker: Kirui K. K., Co-founder and CEO of Tanasuk Africa
Derek Huether
FEBRUARY 15, 2018
Know your metrics and the behaviors they drive. Everyone at your company should understand which metrics drive the business, and what behaviors they encourage. He went on to say, “Everyone needs to know how each metric fits into the big picture…why and how we’re measuring something, and how it’s relevant to performance.”. More directly, I would say metrics should capture the changing environment of your business so you can make informed decisions.
Battery Ventures
MAY 21, 2019
These four customer success metrics are ones that often fly under the radar. But they’re metrics that can give your CS team an earlier indication of the health of your customer relationships. Imagine trying to run your business if you could only monitor topline revenue.
Luis Goncalves
JUNE 25, 2018
Below are the five levels of values and metrics that you can use to evaluate the community of practice in your organisation: Immediate Value – refers to the valuable interactions or activities between the members of the community. The post Communities of Practice Measurement: Focusing on the Right Metrics to Grow Your Company’s Knowledge Capital appeared first on Luís Gonçalves. Making Sense of Your Company’s Knowledge Capital – Communities of Practice Measurement.
The New Stack
JANUARY 11, 2019
In this article, I’ll talk about some of the most important metrics to consider for monitoring. Picking the Most Important Metrics. Let’s consider a couple of key metrics: Error Handling. So far, we’ve indicated two critical metrics to use for your application.
Speaker: Ruben Ugarte, Founder, Practico Analytics
Of course, it’s crucial to have a good onboarding experience to drive your activation metrics. If you're looking to optimize your onboarding to improve your activation metrics, this webinar is for you. Onboarding users is filled with possibilities and challenges.
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