Metrics Everywhere

Adapted and non-technical version of Coda Hale's "Metrics Metrics Metrics" - http://pivotallabs.com/talks/139-metrics-metrics-everywhere

Done as a 5min Lightening Talk @ Praekelt Retreat 2012

Transcript

1. Everywhere Metrics @ixhd Cliff Hazell With credit to Coda Hale’s - “Metrics Metrics Metrics”
2. Albert Einstein "We can't solve problems using the same thinking used to create them"
3. to create Business Value Products
4. WTF is Business Value?
5. Anything that makes people more likely to give us money
6. When it’s Live
7. More Business Value More Money Better work
8. Map != Territory
9. 1mbps ADSL vs 10mbps ADSL
10. shared by 10mbps ADSL 25 Units
11. Confusion, Vanished
12. Map -> Territory
13. Meters Histograms Gauges Timers Counters
14. If it affects your business value, add a metric Rule #1
15. If it affects business value, someone should get woken up Rule #2
16. Go Faster
17. A - Act D - Decide O - Orient O - Observe
18. Rinse, Repeat
19. Go Faster = More Win
20. tl;dr
21. to generate We do work Business Value
22. To know how we’re doing we need Metrics
23. Monitor for current problems
24. Aggregate for historical perspective
25. Map != Territory Map -> Territory
26. Better decisions by using numbers OODA
27. Thank you @ixhd Cliff Hazell