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Metrics That Matter: Moving Beyond Story Points
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Elena HarjuManaging Director
April 10, 2026
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Measuring Outcomes, Not Output
Story points and lines of code are notoriously poor indicators of team productivity and software quality. Modern engineering organizations are shifting towards outcome-based metrics.
We analyze the implementation of DORA metrics—Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Mean Time to Recovery (MTTR), and Change Failure Rate—and how they provide a holistic view of your engineering organization's actual performance.
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