13 DevOps Metrics for Increased Productivity

DevOps improves software delivery speed and quality through a list of practices that pursue an agile mindset. The terms that first come to mind when you mention DevOps are continuous integration, continuous delivery and deployment, collaboration, automation, and monitoring.

DevOps means different things to different teams. Some teams are all about automation, while others do things manually and still consider that they are doing DevOps. Some consider it a culture and a mindset-shaper. 

How To Introduce Data-Driven Culture To Your Dev Team

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In this article we will discuss:

  • Applying agile principles can help dev leaders roll out a data-driven culture in their teams.
  • Tailoring the “why” for your metrics differently to different people helps with translation.
  • Starting small reduces risk and increases the likelihood of bottom-up adoption.
  • Adapting your metrics to company goals can increase business alignment.
  • Embedding your use of data into daily rituals can help with stickiness.

The first time I ever thought about using data to help run my team was in 2015. CloudLock was growing fast and overnight (it felt like) I went from leading a single team of 6 devs to leading 5 teams with 50+ devs combined (as VP of Engineering).