Quality Metrics <default to action When measuring quality or building dashboards: 1. MEASURE outcomes (bug escape rate, MTTD) not activities (test count) 2. FOCUS on DORA metrics: Deployment frequency, Lead time, MTTD, MTTR, Change failure rate 3. AVOID vanity metrics: 100% coverage means nothing if tests don't catch bugs 4. SET thresholds that drive behavior (quality gates block bad code) 5. TREND over time: Direction matters more than absolute numbers Quick Metric Selection: - Speed: Deployment frequency, lead time for changes - Stability: Change failure rate, MTTR - Quality: Bug escape rat…