Guide for Leader & Executive
Your Guide to Waydev Metrics and Reports
Useful Reports
1. DORA Metrics
Waydev’s DORA Metrics report is designed for engineering leaders to track and measure software delivery performance metrics.
Go to review the DORA Metrics feature.
2. Insights
The Insights dashboard provides a comprehensive summary of your company and projects' recent activities, enabling you to understand progress better.
Find out everything about the Insights feature.
3. Bird's-eye view
Bird’s-eye view provides a quick-to-read visual summary of your project's and team's performance, making complex data comprehensible.
Gain visibility into key metrics with the Bird's-eye view.
4. Ghost Engineering
Ghosting is a phenomenon where developers are not contributing to the codebase, but are still part of the team. This can happen for various reasons, such as lack of motivation, burnout, or personal issues. By identifying ghosting developers, you can take action to re-engage them and improve team productivity.
Review the Ghost Engineering feature.
5. Custom Dashboards
Waydev's custom dashboards feature helps you create dashboards tailored to your needs.
See how our Custom Dashboards can help you.
6. Targets
Set targets within Waydev, so you can keep track of your team’s progress.
Review the Targets feature.
7. AI Adoption
Measure the AI adoption in your company by seeing how many contributors are actively using AI Coding tools.
See how AI Adoption can assist you.
8. Reports
The Reports feature enables the creation of custom, complex reports using any Waydev metric. Designed for extensive datasets, it offers scalability for in-depth analysis of engineering performance.
Review the Reports feature.
9. DX Surveys
Our Developer Experience (DX) module lets you send surveys via Slack (with Teams integration coming soon) to get real-time feedback on your team’s mood, challenges, and blockers.
Explore the Developer Experience surveys.
10. Resource Allocation
Get a better understanding of how well engineering resources are allocated, visualize financial costs, and have more control over the progress of key initiatives.
Gain insights from the Resource Allocation.
11. Cost Capitalization
Capitalize software development work based on flexible rules that you set up. Generate and export reports to track effort and expenses effortlessly.
Review the Cost Capitalization feature.
12. Industry Benchmarks
View your company's teams average and compare it to the industry average.
Review the Industry Benchmarks.
Use Cases for Leaders/Executives
| Use Case | Summary |
|---|---|
| Understand Engineering Throughput | Track trends in overall delivery output across all teams/projects. Identify how engineering capacity aligns with business goals. |
| Evaluate ROI of Engineering Teams | Compare investment vs. output per team or project. Identify underperforming areas that may need re-alignment. |
| Monitor Engineering Health Over Time | View metrics like cycle time, PR velocity, and review responsiveness. Detect burnout risks or inefficiencies at the org level. |
| Benchmark Teams and Projects Across the Organization | Use percentiles to identify top-performing vs. lagging teams. Spot inconsistencies in performance or adoption. |
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