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The Stack Overflow Podcast
He helped create Jira. Now he's searching for meaningful engineering metrics
Nov 7, 2023
Dylan, an original architect on JIRA, discusses engineering efficiency, Dora metrics, continuous delivery, and the psychology of managing engineering teams. He also explores the benefits of automating efficiency processes for teams.
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- Dora Metrics provide a more accurate and meaningful way to track organizational performance in software development, considering the entire process from concept to reliable launch.
- Change lead time is a crucial metric that measures how long it takes to move code from concept to a specific environment, enabling teams to identify bottlenecks and inefficiencies for improvement.
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Dora Metrics and Engineering Efficiency
Dylan Etkin discusses the significance of Dora Metrics for measuring engineering efficiency. He emphasizes that traditional measures like lines of code or punch cards are flawed and that Dora Metrics provide a more accurate and meaningful way to track organizational performance. These metrics consider the entire software development process from concept to reliable launch and turn them into quantifiable numbers that teams can reason about.
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