Deployment Frequency

How often code successfully reaches production

Definition: Number of successful deployments to production per day

Deployment Frequency (DF) tracks the velocity of your delivery pipeline. It answers: "How often is working code actually deployed to production?"

A higher deployment frequency indicates faster, more frequent releases; a lower frequency suggests longer intervals between production updates.

What Counts as a Deployment

• Code successfully completes your CI/CD pipeline

• The deployment reaches your production environment

• The deployment status is marked as successful (not failed or rolled back)

How Data Is Collected

Hivel calculates Deployment Frequency by connecting to your CI/CD platform through the Deployment API:

• Retrieves deployment records from your CI/CD system

• Filters for deployments to the production environment

• Counts successful deployments per day

• Updates the metric in real-time as new deployments complete

What a Good Deployment Frequency Looks Like

Elite	>2 deployments per day
High	>1 deployment per day
Medium	1 deployment per day
Low	<1 deployment per day