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Diagnose Delivery Problems with Metrics

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Problem

Scenario

You are managing a software delivery team and trying to understand why execution is slipping. Some signals show up late, like missed release dates or customer escalations, while others appear earlier in the sprint, like review delays, unstable builds, or uneven workload across engineers. You want a metric framework that helps you separate root causes instead of treating every delay the same.

Question

How do you know whether a delivery problem is a people issue, a process issue, or a technical issue?

Signal Types

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  • Missed sprint commitments
  • Release delays
  • Customer escalations
  • Incident-driven rework
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  • PR review delays
  • Build instability
  • Blocked work aging
  • Workload concentration