Measuring observability

Implementing observability is a multi-year journey that includes accurately reporting how much progress has been made and reporting to the business how far they are in the journey. It also provides an opportunity to benchmark the progress of each team in relation to the rest of the organization; this can be a very motivating and inspiring attribute. These measures will help the engineers and developers to keep the focus on observability and encourage them to slowly acquire and develop the skills required for the observability journey. Let’s say that this slowly and surely prompts the positioning of observability at the center of every activity of the teams resulting in a cultural change.

Measuring the success of monitoring practices is essential to understanding the effectiveness of your monitoring strategies and making improvements where necessary. The following key metrics are good indicators of the success of observability implementation. Most of...