Gerenciar Métricas e KPIs de Desenvolvimento | GitScrum

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How to manage development metrics and KPIs?

Manage development metrics by focusing on team-level outcomes (not individual surveillance), tracking leading indicators (WIP, cycle time) alongside lagging indicators (bugs, velocity), using metrics for improvement discussions, and avoiding gaming incentives. Document metric definitions in NoteVault and review trends, not snapshots.

Development metrics categories

Category	Metrics
Delivery	Velocity, cycle time, lead time
Quality	Bug rate, test coverage, change failure rate
Flow	WIP, blocked time, throughput
Team	Satisfaction, turnover, on-call burden
DORA	Deploy frequency, lead time, MTTR, failure rate

Key metrics definitions

## Metric Definitions

### Velocity
- Definition: Story points completed per sprint
- Measured: Sprint completion
- Target: Stable trend (not always increasing)
- Use: Capacity planning

### Cycle Time
- Definition: Time from work started to done
- Measured: Start date → Done date
- Target: Decreasing trend
- Use: Flow improvement

### Lead Time
- Definition: Time from request to delivery
- Measured: Created date → Production
- Target: Decreasing trend
- Use: Customer perspective

### Change Failure Rate
- Definition: % of deployments causing incidents
- Measured: Incidents / Deployments
- Target: < 15%
- Use: Quality indicator

NoteVault metrics documentation

# Development Metrics Dashboard

## DORA Metrics - January 2025

| Metric | Value | Trend | Target |
|--------|-------|-------|--------|
| Deploy frequency | 12/week | ↑ | 20/week |
| Lead time | 3 days | ↓ | 1 day |
| Change failure rate | 8% | ↓ | < 5% |
| MTTR | 45 min | ↓ | < 30 min |

## Team Metrics

| Metric | Value | Trend |
|--------|-------|-------|
| Velocity | 45 pts | Stable |
| Cycle time | 2.5 days | ↓ |
| Bug rate | 3/sprint | ↓ |
| WIP average | 4.2 | Stable |

## Quality Metrics

| Metric | Value | Target |
|--------|-------|--------|
| Test coverage | 78% | 80% |
| Critical bugs | 0 | 0 |
| Tech debt items | 12 | < 10 |

## Trends
[Charts showing 6-month trends]

Metrics that cause problems

Metric	Problem	Better Alternative
Lines of code	Rewards verbosity	Features delivered
Commits per day	Rewards small commits	Cycle time
Individual velocity	Creates competition	Team velocity
Bugs found	Rewards bug creation	Bug rate per feature
Hours worked	Rewards presence	Outcomes delivered

Using metrics constructively:

Team-level - Not individual comparison

Trend focus - Week-over-week, not snapshots

Context matters - Discuss why, not just what

Improvement focus - What can we do better?

Balance metrics - Speed AND quality

Change if gamed - Metrics serve goals, not vice versa

GitScrum Reports for metrics

Report	Metrics Provided
Cumulative Flow	WIP, flow, bottlenecks
Project Age Analysis	Aging work items
Weekly Activity Heatmap	Activity patterns
Velocity Chart	Delivery consistency