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14 termsEngineering analytics
Engineering analytics is the practice of using data about software development to understand how work moves, what teams deliver, and where quality or process problems arise. It combines measurements with the context needed to make engineering decisions.
Engineering analyticsEngineering benchmark
Engineering benchmark is an analytical concept for using reference values to understand engineering performance, variation, or capability.
Engineering analyticsEngineering change classification
Engineering change classification is the practice of assigning software changes to defined work categories such as feature, defect, maintenance, incident recovery, security, or enablement. It helps teams interpret flow, quality, capacity, and outcomes in the context of why the change was made.
Engineering analyticsEngineering metrics
Engineering metrics are defined measurements used to understand software delivery, quality, reliability, and developer experience. A useful metric has a clear question, a stable definition, and enough context to support a decision.
Engineering analyticsEvent instrumentation
Event instrumentation emits structured records for workflow transitions.
Engineering analyticsEvent name
Event name identifies the action or state transition in a record.
Engineering analyticsEvent ordering
Event ordering is an analytical risk or quality concern that can make an engineering analysis appear more certain, comparable, or causal than it is.
Engineering analyticsEvent property
Event property adds named context used for filtering and diagnosis.
Engineering analyticsEvent reconciliation
Event reconciliation how to reconcile event streams used by engineering metrics.
Engineering analyticsEvent schema
Event schema defines fields, types, meanings, units, and version rules.
Engineering analyticsEvent versioning
Event versioning manages changes to event meaning or shape safely.
Engineering analyticsEvent-based metric
Event-based metric derives measures from timestamped actions or state changes.
Engineering analyticsExporter
Exporter sends collected observations to a destination.
Engineering analyticsExternal benchmark
External benchmark is an analytical concept for using reference values to understand engineering performance, variation, or capability.
Engineering analytics