I'm curious to hear from those in the trenches:<p>What KPIs are you measured against?<p>Where would you rank them on the spectrum from: measurement theater > ok > super effective?<p>This was prompted by running across Adam Thompson’s 2018 paper about KPIs that takes a systems approach to measurement.<p>I’d definitely like to hear from other devs, but it’s also cool to hear from people in any field or role.<p>P.S. If you want to read the article, search "KPIs that break silos: more Goldratt Gold Adam Thompson" and you'll find the PDF.
I really like that paper's emphasis on overall throughput. KPIs used this way are effective. Measure what matters.<p>Too often you get in a game of setting up metrics silos for everyone to operate independently, and there are non-linear, emergent effects to this silo behavior.<p>You have to keep you head up and pay attention to how the system is actually behaving. POSIWID.<p>> make sure at a minimum that the measures are not encouraging local optimums<p>Pretty much sums it up for me.