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API Response Time
Track API endpoint latency at key percentiles (P50, P95, P99). Essential for user experience and system performance optimization.
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CTO Metrics Repository
Comprehensive guide to CTO and technology metrics. Track velocity, quality, team health, business impact, and more with recommended visualizations and benchmarks.
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Change Failure Rate
Track the percentage of deployments that result in failures, rollbacks, or hotfixes. Essential for balancing speed with stability.
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Cloud Cost per User
Track your infrastructure costs normalized by active users. Essential for understanding unit economics and scaling efficiently.
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Deployment Frequency
Track how often your team deploys to production. A key DORA metric that indicates your team's ability to deliver value continuously.
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Error Rate
Track the percentage of failed requests. Critical for reliability, user experience, and incident detection.
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Lead Time for Changes
Measure the time from code commit to production deployment. A critical DORA metric that reveals bottlenecks in your development pipeline.
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Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR)
Measure how quickly your team restores service after an incident. A key DORA metric that indicates your organization's resilience.
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System Uptime / Availability
Track system availability and uptime percentage. Essential for SLAs, reliability, and customer trust.
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Team Retention Rate
Measure how well you retain engineering talent. High turnover is expensive and disruptive—track and improve this critical team health metric.
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Technical Debt Ratio
Measure the cost to fix code issues relative to development cost. Essential for balancing feature velocity with code health.
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Time to Patch (Security Vulnerabilities)
Measure how quickly your team patches security vulnerabilities. Critical for security posture and compliance.
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Code Coverage
Track the percentage of code tested by automated tests. An essential quality metric, but remember: 100% coverage doesn't mean bug-free code.
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Development Cycle Time
Measure the time from work starting to completion. A key flow metric that reveals bottlenecks and process inefficiencies.
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Sprint Velocity
Track your team's capacity and throughput using story points or completed tickets. Essential for planning and identifying trends.
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