Designing metrics for your team

Now that we understand the key metrics that are involved in DevOps, it is next important to understand where those metrics can be used and in which scenarios. You can have too many metrics that you track in an organization, and these can then be counterproductive.

Knowing which metrics to use depends on many different parameters. However, we will now look at some example scenarios, describe what the goal of their DevOps transformation is, and look at the metrics that will help them identify their success.

Scenario 1: Small organization with a dedicated DevOps team

For small organizations, one thing that is common between them is their ability to become more agile and break down silos that exist between teams. Smaller teams allow for faster feedback loops and cycle time. In fact, most small organizations have fewer silos overall, and some may have no silos.

In this scenario, let's imagine we have a dedicated DevOps team at our organization...