We're using telemetry to fill in the gaps and anticipate problems while discussing The DevOps Handbook, while Michael is still weird about LinkedIn, Joe knows who's your favorite JZ, and Allen might have gone on vacation.
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Find and Fill Any Gaps
Once we have telemetry in place, we can identify any gaps in our metrics, especially in the following levels of our application:
- Business level – These are metrics on business items, such as sales transactions, signups, etc.
- Application level – This includes metrics such as timing metrics, errors, etc.
- Infrastructure level – Metrics at this level cover things like databases, OS's, networking, storage, CPU, etc.
- Client software level – These metrics include data like errors, crashes, timings, etc.
- Deployment pipeline level – This level includes metrics for data points like test suite status, deployment lead times, frequencies, etc.
Application and Business Metrics
- Gather telemetry not just for technical bits, but also organizational goals, i.e. things like new users, login events, session lengths, active users, abandoned carts, etc.
- Have every business metric be actionable. And if they're not actionable, they're "vanity metrics".
- By radiating these metrics, you enable fast feedback with feature teams to identify what's working and what isn't withi
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