Developer Monitoring Glossary
Everything you need to know about developer activity monitoring, engineering metrics, and team productivity—explained without the corporate BS.
Core Concepts
Developer Activity Monitoring
The practice of tracking and analyzing developer work patterns through code commits, pull requests, and other Git activity.
Read moreEngineering Metrics
Quantitative measurements used to evaluate software development team performance and productivity.
Read moreDeveloper Productivity
A measure of how efficiently developers convert time and effort into working software and business value.
Read moreSoftware Engineering Intelligence
Data-driven platforms that aggregate and analyze development data to provide insights about productivity and team health.
Read moreMetrics & Frameworks
DORA Metrics
Four key DevOps performance indicators: Deployment Frequency, Lead Time, Change Failure Rate, and MTTR.
Read moreSPACE Framework
A multidimensional approach to measuring developer productivity across Satisfaction, Performance, Activity, Communication, and Efficiency.
Read moreCycle Time
The total time from when work begins until it's delivered to production—a key indicator of development velocity.
Read moreLead Time for Changes
A DORA metric measuring the time from code commit to production deployment.
Read moreCode Velocity
The rate at which a development team delivers working code, typically measured in commits, lines of code, or story points.
Read moreSprint Velocity
The average amount of work a scrum team completes during a sprint, used for planning future sprints.
Read morePull Request Metrics
Analytics for PR workflow efficiency including size, review time, merge rate, and rework patterns.
Read moreCode Churn
A measure of how much recently written code is rewritten or deleted, indicating code stability and rework.
Read moreCommit Analytics
The analysis of Git commit data to understand development patterns, team productivity, and code quality.
Read moreQA Metrics
Quality assurance measurements including defect density, test coverage, escape rate, and MTTR.
Read moreTeam Management
Tools & Tracking
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