7 ways to go wrong with engineering metrics

The software industry has a long history in using harmful metrics to measure developer productivity. And that's why in this live session, Swarmia CEO and founder, Otto Hilska, walks through seven ways companies get engineering metrics wrong — and four tips for getting started with healthy metrics that drive positive outcomes. 00:00 Intro 02:09 The 7 anti-patterns in measuring software development productivity 02:40 1. Stack ranking developers 04:28 2. One aggregate metric 05:30 3. The ivory tower approach 06:36 4. One category of metrics 09:46 5. Nonsense metrics (like code churn) 11:14 6. Mixing velocity and predictability 13:33 7. Taking someone else's opinion too literally 15:02 What should you do instead? 15:10 1. Care about continuous improvement 16:46 2. Start with cycle time and WIP limits 20:34 3. Focus on work and learning over metrics 23:02 4. Always be balancing 26:18 Q&A LINKS Practical guide to DORA metrics: https://www.swarmia.com/blog/dora-met... Balancing engineering investments: https://www.swarmia.com/blog/balancin... How to ship software 10x faster: https://www.swarmia.com/blog/ship-sof... Book a demo: https://www.swarmia.com/demo/ Start your free 14-day trial: https://www.swarmia.com/signup/