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PLATFORM-ENGINEERING4 MIN READ

Sort the Metric Before You Trust It

Classify common platform metrics by delivery performance and developer productivity dimensions.

Place each metric in the category it best represents. Use the category that answers the main question the metric can support. DORA throughput DORA instability SPACE satisfaction or flow Diagnostic only Median lead time from commit to production deploy. Percentage of deployments requiring rollback or hotfix. Developer survey score: 'I can complete deployment work without unnecessary interruption.' CI runner CPU utilization during noon peak. Deployment frequency per service over a 28-day window. Failed deployment recovery time after production failures. Percentage of engineers who say platform docs let them self-serve a standard service. Cache hit rate for build layers in the…

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