Tag: key performance indicators
Maintaining Exceptional Quality Despite Shrinking Delivery Deadlines
My first article in this series focused on the need for continuous improvement across three key dimensions of software development–velocity, quality and efficiency. While these are all equally important, in this piece ...
Measuring Success in DevOps: Top Four DevOps KPIs
There is no news in DevOps concept. Many companies have integrated DevOps to improve and accelerate software development and help drive their digital transformation, and that number continues to grow exponentially. There ...
Focusing on the True DevOps North Star: Continuous Improvement
When we look beyond the fundamentals of tearing down silos and establishing greater collaboration, communication and transparency, DevOps is a label assigned to a framework of best practices and technologies that organizations ...
‘DevOoops’ Moves: Poorly Defined KPIs
DevOps’ ultimate aim is to create efficiencies in the software delivery process. But, it doesn’t always work out that way. Sometimes DevOps initiatives lead to mistakes—something we lovingly call a “DevOoops.” CloudBees ...
How Nailing Predictability Can Double the Size of Your Business
In a rapidly changing world, predictability has never been more powerful. It’s also never been so underrated. While it is easy to think about predictability in terms of repetition or even monotony, ...
DevOps: Metrics Do Matter
One of my favorite quotes about metrics or KPIs is from Jim Fowler, CIO of GE Capital: “Don't measure me on cost or traditional IT metrics, but on the metrics of the ...