Developer's Guide to Hivel

Get started with Hivel by using this guide to know exactly what metrics to checkβ€”and when to check them. Organized around key events and check-in times, this resource will guide you in monitoring the metrics that matter most, from daily cycle time reviews to quarterly performance benchmarks, making it easy to stay on track and continuously improve.

Key Event
What to Check
What to do

Missed Deadlines

  1. PR Bottlenecks

Use the Pull Request Screen to check for PRs awaiting your review or merge, or PRs with 5+ days cycle time. Prioritize reviews or break down large PRs into smaller ones. You can also escalate by adding more reviewers to the process.

Check the Process Screen to analyze whether long coding or review phases are contributing to missed deadlines.

On the Coding Screen, see how much of your effort went towards code churn.

On the Delivery Accuracy screen, see how much unplanned ad-hoc work was completed in the last sprint, and how that affected your planned roadmap items.

New Feature Deployment

Check Cockpit to ensure you’re deploying frequently (daily or weekly).

Track failures in the Process Screen to see how often deployments require rollbacks or fixes. If failure rates are high or deployments are few, work on improving testing and CI/CD processes.

Critical Production Issue

On the PR screen, see how many PRs were hotfix related, and see the trends on Cockpit.

Use the PR Screen to check how quickly production issues are resolved. Work on improving your response time during production issues and ensure that reviews, even under pressure, are thorough to prevent future failures.

Review the PR Screen for any rushed, surface-level reviews.

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