Things that made me think: Cycle time, learning theory, and build chain security

This series is a place to collect interesting things I’ve seen, read, or heard, along with some brief thoughts (often incomplete and/or inconclusive) that they provoked.

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Measuring Cyle Time with Dr. Cat Hicks - The Hanger DX Podcast, Ankit Jain

Cycle time is a measure lots of people use, but has no clear audience - developers, managers, CTOs all care about it. This makes it dangerous. Metrics have to be designed and used with psychological safety in mind. If people don’t trust the intention behind the metrics use, they’ll game it.