Minimize Escalations. Maximize Productivity

Lead time in DevOps is the duration between code commitment and deployment, including time for testing and delivery. It is one of the four key metrics used by the DORA team to measure a software development team's performance.

The other metrics are Deployment Frequency, Time to Restore Service and Change Failure Rate. These metrics help identify the team's ability to release products successfully, resolve issues in production, and implement changes efficiently.

The GitLab 2022 Global DevSecOps survey comprises valuable insights from over 5,000 professionals.

Top of mind is secure software development and increasing deployment velocity. 

• 70% release code continuously, often daily
• 47% use fully automated testing
• 51% use AI/ML to check code for security
• 57% said their orgs are "shifting security left"
• 44% said their ops teams are mostly automated
• 77% of devs can provision their test environments

Misconfigurations are responsible for all sorts of problems. When an application deployment fails, 75% of the time it's due to misconfigurations, which can slow down the entire process.

Many of these mistakes occur due to accidental button clicks or the input of the wrong value into a parameter, but these errors can be prevented with proper precautions.