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Startup Metrics

TechEmpower CTO

Next, define what you need from a metrics and reporting standpoint. Startup Metrics with Dave McClure Dave McClure has a great presentation on Startup Metrics where he points to some additional metrics that are useful to consider: A : Acquisition - Where / what channels do users come from?

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These simple metrics will tell you if your startup is ready to scale

TechCrunch

But before you scale up your sales and marketing, you should check the metrics to make sure you’re ready. You have to consider three metrics — gross churn rate , the magic number and gross margin. Let’s unpack the three basic metrics: Gross churn rate (GCR) is a measure of product-market fit (PMF).

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CIOs’ lack of success metrics dooms many AI projects

CIO

Many organizations have launched dozens of AI proof-of-concept projects only to see a huge percentage fail, in part because CIOs don’t know whether the POCs are meeting key metrics, according to research firm IDC. Many POCs appear to lack clear objections and metrics, he says.

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The most important metrics for SaaS funding in 2024

TechCrunch

Today we're focusing on metrics and business environments that apply to most SaaS companies — not the unicorn outliers. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.

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The Ultimate Guide to Software Delivery & Engineering Metrics

Plandek is a global leader in end-to-end software delivery metrics and analytics, and we work with clients of all sizes and levels of Agile DevOps maturity. This ‘Ultimate Guide’ draws on our experience with multiple clients who use Plandek’s end-to-end software delivery analytics to improve their delivery capability and outcomes.

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How to capture qualitative metrics

Martin Fowler

Abi Noda and Tim Cochran complete their article on qualitative metrics by outlining how to capture them effectively. They discuss the mental steps that people go through as they respond to a survey and provide a template to get started when assessing developer experience.

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The Benefits of Qualitative Metrics

Martin Fowler

Abi Noda and Tim Cochran continue their discussion on using qualitative metrics to assess the productivity of development teams. In this installment they classify qualitative metrics into attitudinal and behavioral metrics.

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How to Apply Software Delivery Metrics to Make Technology Investment Count?

This paper considers what metrics you might use to track and drive the efficiency of that value delivery as part of a Value Stream Management approach, in order to make technology investment count for your organization.

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Skyscanner's Journey to a "Continuous Improvement" Team Culture

Speaker: Ramsay Ashby

Team metrics are in vogue, and there is no shortage of literature espousing the value of various combinations of metrics that will lead your team(s) to delivery stardom. They shared what originally took them down this path, including the signs that change was needed and the impact it has had.

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Monitoring AWS Container Environments at Scale

Key metrics to monitor when leveraging two container orchestration systems. How you can collect all of those metrics and get full-stack visibility into containerized environments.

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9 Developer Enablement Practices to Achieve DevOps at Enterprise Scale

In this eBook, Christian Oestreich, a senior software engineering leader with experience at multiple Fortune 500 companies, shares how a metrics-driven mindset can dramatically improve software quality and enable DevOps at enterprise scale.

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The 10 KPIs Every Product Leader Needs to Know

Overcoming it requires knowing exactly which metrics are the most important to track. In “The 10 KPIs Every Product Leader Needs to Know,” we break each of these metrics down, explain why they matter so much, and show you how to start tracking them. This situation has become colloquially known as “analysis paralysis.”

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Are You Tracking The Right Product KPIs?

Which metrics are the most valuable to keep an eye on? We’ve all got loads of data at our fingertips. In this eBook, we share the top 10 KPIs every product pro should know. Some of them might already be familiar to you, but others will be brand new.

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Address the Challenges of Siloed Monitoring Tools

Key metrics businesses can use to measure the success and business impact of their monitoring tool consolidation initiative. In this whitepaper, you will learn: The required capabilities for successful monitoring tool consolidation (irrespective of specific solutions or platforms). How Datadog helps businesses with tool consolidation.

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Cloud-Scale Monitoring With AWS and Datadog

Find out the key performance metrics for each service to track in order to ensure workloads are operating efficiently. In this eBook, find out about the benefits and complexities of migrating workloads to AWS, and dive into services that AWS offers for containers and serverless computing.