I'm trying to disentangle this from the established / proven / trusted "dx core 4" (ask your local devops person if you don't recognise the name).

I found "initiatives" was added. What does this new initiatives measure bring. Why do we care about otherwise unqualified initiatives, how do i know that doesn't just mean using the other 4 proven measures as cover for pushing pet projects without merit?

I'm super cynical tonight it seems. This is just rubbing me up the wrong way i guess and i can't really put my finger on why.

Dev productivity metrics frameworks are (and always have been, IMO) bad for measuring organizational effectiveness. Operational Excellence reviews are the future of measuring and improving organizational health, and I wrote a paper making the case for this + a framework that helps make the OE review effective.

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