Comparative view of DORA4 metrics based on time
Release notes
Problem to solve
As a software leader working on improving my SDLC lifecycle, it would be interesting to compare my DORA metrics at different time intervals (to see if I am improving or to dig deeper into why something went well/wrong). It is also important for me to understand whether projects and/or group(s) are improving or not and report this to upper management.
Using the current UI user can't:
- Tell the story whether their metrics are improving month over month.
- Understand patterns in their metrics trend overtime.
- Compare performance between groups, projects and teams.
- Ability to view reports via a saved filter, allowing everyone to see the same metrics in the same view.
Proposal
Adding "Metrics comparative view" to Insights.
A new table of metrics with multiple comparative dimensions and with sparklines to show data trends.
Iteration plan
- Add a new summary table visualization type to insights, to display DORA metrics month-over-month in one single view.
- For this MVC the table
column
will themetric name
. - For this MVC the table
rows
will be:-
period 1
- Last 30 days -
period 2
- previous period -
change_rate_%
-period 2
metric value
/period 1
metric value
.
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- YAML configuration for "Metrics comparative view":
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metricTable:
title: "DORA month-over-month for ProjectX"
description: "DORA month-over-month for Project X"
column:
- title: "Name"
type: text
metric name:
- Deployment Frequency
- Lead Time for changes
- Time to restore service
- Change failure rate
row1:
- title: "Last 30 days"
type: value
query:
data_source: dora
params:
metric:
- deployment_frequency
- lead_time_for_changes
- time_to_restore_service
- change_failure_rate
period: month
projects:
only:
- 1
- groupA/projectX
row2:
- title: "Previous 30 days"
type: value
query:
data_source: dora
params:
metric:
- deployment_frequency
- lead_time_for_changes
- time_to_restore_service
- change_failure_rate
period: ( month - 1 )
projects:
only:
- 1
- groupA/projectX
row3:
- title: "change_rate_%"
type: change_rate_%
query:
data_source: dora
params:
metric:
- deployment_frequency
- lead_time_for_changes
- time_to_restore_service
- change_failure_rate
rate: ( month - 1 / month )
projects:
only:
- 1
- groupA/projectX
-
Add filter per project
-
Add filter per sub-groups
-
Add filter per environments
-
Add change % badges.
-
Add Target / Goal value (configure manually by the user).
User experience goal / Acceptance criteria
- Compare all 4 DORA metrics MoM
value
andchange rate %
. - Compare DORA Deployment Frequency
value
andchange rate %
across 2 different projects.
Future iterations
- Add counters tiles to Insights.
- Add a new "side by side" component to insights similar to Productivity Analytics
- Add Drill-down options from the comparative view to other analytics reports.
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