DevOps Metrics - Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

DevOps Metrics�lies, damned lies and statistics

Gaetano Mazzanti@mgaewsj

agile42

why do we need metrics?


key reason: to improve


decisions


predictability

beware of

cheating

averages

fallacies

beware

metrics can be gamed

metrics & statistics still require�reasoning and visual examination

beware

same mean, variance & correlation�(7.50 3.75 0.816)

use your eyes�(same mean, variance & correlation)

median = 7.58

median = 8.14

median = 7.11

median = 7.04

ecological fallacyaverage math score

50/100 60/100

group A

70% of people in A have better score than B!

group B

70%

ecological fallacy

50/100 60/100

70%GroupA GroupB

# score # score50 45 70 4350 55 30 100

group A group B

average math score

exception fallacy

Simpson’s paradoxGlobal Natural Treat

Live 108 153

Die 123 120

Natural 47% liveTreat 56% live

Women Natural Treat

Live 57 32

Die 100 57

Natural 36,3% liveTreat 36,0% live

Men Natural Treat

Live 51 121

Die 23 63

Natural 69% liveTreat 45% live

which metrics?

deployment frequency

lead time for changes

mean time to recover

change fail rate

how IT performance was measured

!?!?!?

ITIL KPIs

“ITIL Key Performance Indicators (ITIL KPIs) are used to assess if the processes�of an IT organization are running�

according to expectations”

and if not…

just kidding

a few ITIL KPIs… example (1/2)

a few ITIL KPIs… example (2/2)

it’s easy to get lost�

in a maze of (not relevant) data

why?

key question about your metrics

what do you want�to learn?

key question about your metrics

improvement loops

build/change

measure learn

experiment

actionable metric

hypothesis

which metrics

matter to customersno yes

end-to-end(global)

functional(local)

typical

ideal

service oriented mindsetDevOps as a service provided�

to deliver value to the business

pizza delivery

fast delivery

accuracy and quality

predictability

what mattersto customers

let work flow

flow is the movement and deliveryof customer value through a process

derive from poor flowslow deliverylow quality

unpredictability

poor flow => queues

just 3 metrics?

Work In ProgressLead Time

Throughput

Little’s Law

Items In Queue = Arrival Rate * Waiting Time

Lead Time = Work In Progress / Throughput

focus on lead time

0

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

1-Feb 3-Feb 5-Feb 7-Feb 9-Feb 11-Feb 13-Feb 15-Feb 17-Feb 19-Feb 21-Feb

scatterplot

54%

71%

88%

96%

lead time (days) average

scatterplot

source ActionableMetrics book

Lead

scatterplot (only bugs)


Lead

frequency distribution


Lead

Weibull distribution

what to aim for

aging


___

efficiency

process efficiency =total time

active time________

205 = 25%

!1!!2!!3!!4!!5!!6!!7!!8!!9!10!11!12!13!14!15!16!17!18!19!20!

elaborate do validate deliver

waitingactive

SLAs�Service Level Agreements

agreementexpectationa SLA is a contract

between a service provider and the user/customer that defines the level of service

expected from the service provider

i.e. we expect an item to flow through the process and exit in 5 days or less with an 85% probability of success

SLAs – some hints

do not set a SLA without analyzing Lead Time data

do not allow a SLA to be set by someone external to your group

do not set a SLA without collaborating with customers and/or other stakeholders

use different SLAs for different Work Item Types

slack – avoid full utilizationabsorb variations

% capacityutilization

queu

e si

ze

queue sizegrows

exponentiallyat high capacity0

5

10

15

20

25

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100

your policies shape your data

your data shape your policies

where to start from?

a possible approachunderstand sources of dissatisfaction

analyze demand & capacity

discover work item types

measure flow

set SLAs

setup metric based improvement experiments

(similar to STATIK…)

obsessions you should have

improve process continuously

remove problems/impediments asap

get help from metrics

Gaetano Mazzanti

@mgaewsj

[email protected]

agile42

DevOps Metrics - Lies, Damned Lies and Statistics

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