While cycle time is the most important metric in software delivery, there are a number of other diagnostics that can warn you of problems. These include • Automated test coverage • Properties of the codebase such as the amount of duplication, cyclomatic complexity, efferent and afferent coupling, style problems, and so on • Number of defects • Velocity, the rate at which your team delivers working, tested, ready for use code • Number of commits to the version control system per day • Number of builds per day • Number of build failures per day • Duration of build, including automated tests
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