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What metrics would you set for an engineering team you work with?

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I would focus on a balanced set of metrics that cover productivity, quality, and team health. Key metrics would include:

Lead Time & Cycle Time: To measure how quickly we can deliver value from idea to production.
Deployment Frequency & Change Failure Rate: To assess the stability and reliability of our releases.
Mean Time To Recovery (MTTR): To understand our ability to quickly restore service after an incident.
Developer Productivity/Velocity: While tricky to quantify, I'd look at metrics like story points completed or throughput, ensuring they don't incentivize rushing over quality.
Team Morale/Satisfaction: Regularly surveying the team to gauge their well-being and identify potential burnout or process issues.
Bug Count/Defect Density: To track the quality of the code being produced.

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