Tim Cochran

Mar 12, 2024 | martinfowler.com | Abi Noda |Tim Cochran

Somewhere, right now, a technology executive tells their directors: “we need a way to measure the productivity of our engineering teams.” A working group assembles to explore potential solutions, and weeks later, proposes implementing the metrics: lead time, deployment frequency, and number of pull requests created per engineer. Soon after, senior engineering leaders meet to review their newly created dashboards. Immediately, questions and doubts are raised.