Incubation Engineering Department Performance Indicators

Executive Summary

KPI	Health	Status

Key Performance Indicators

Legends

Health

Value	Level	Meaning
3	Okay	The KPI is at an acceptable level compared to the threshold
2	Attention	This is a blip, or we’re going to watch it, or we just need to enact a proven intervention
1	Problem	We'll prioritize our efforts here
-1	Confidential	Metric & metric health are confidential
0	Unknown	Unknown

How pages like this work

Data

The heart of pages like this are Performance Indicators data files which are YAML files. Each - denotes a dictionary of values for a new (K)PI. The current elements (or data properties) are:

Property	Type	Description
name	Required	String value of the name of the (K)PI. For Product PIs, product hierarchy should be separate from name by " - " (Ex. {Stage Name}:{Group Name} - {PI Type} - {PI Name}
base_path	Required	Relative path to the performance indicator page that this (K)PI should live on
definition	Required	refer to Parts of a KPI
parent	Optional	should be used when a (K)PI is a subset of another PI. For example, we might care about Hiring vs Plan at the company level. The child would be the division and department levels, which would have the parent flag.
target	Required	The target or cap for the (K)PI. Please use Unknown until we reach maturity level 2 if this is not yet defined. For GMAU, the target should be quarterly.
org	Required	the organizational grouping (Ex: Engineering Function or Development Department). For Product Sections, ensure you have the word section (Ex : Dev Section)
section	Optional	the product section (Ex: dev) as defined in sections.yml
stage	Optional	the product stage (Ex: release) as defined in stages.yml
group	Optional	the product group (Ex: progressive_delivery) as defined in stages.yml
category	Optional	the product group (Ex: feature_flags) as defined in categories.yml
is_key	Required	boolean value (true/false) that indicates if it is a (key) performance indicator
health	Required	indicates the (K)PI health and reasons as nested attributes. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI.
health.level	Optional	indicates a value between 0 and 3 (inclusive) to represent the health of the (K)PI. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI.
health.reasons	Optional	indicates the reasons behind the health level. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI. Should be an array (indented lines starting with dashes) even if you only have one reason.
urls	Optional	list of urls associated with the (K)PI. Should be an array (indented lines starting with dashes) even if you only have one url
funnel	Optional	indicates there is a handbook link for a description of the funnel for this PI. Should be a URL
public	Optional	boolean flag that can be set to false where a (K)PI does not meet the public guidelines.
pi_type	Optional	indicates the Product PI type (Ex: AMAU, GMAU, SMAU, Group PPI)
product_analytics_type	Optional	indicates if the metric is available on SaaS, SM (self-managed), or Both.
is_primary	Optional	boolean flag that indicates if this is the Primary PI for the Product Group.
implementation	Optional	indicates the implementation status and reasons as nested attributes. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI.
implementation.status	Optional	indicates the Implementation Status status. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI.
implementation.reasons	Optional	indicates the reasons behind the implementation status. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI. Should be an array (indented lines starting with dashes) even if you only have one reason.
lessons	Optional	indicates lessons learned from a K(PI) as a nested attribute. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI.
lessons.learned	Optional	learned is an attribute that can be nested under lessonsand indicates lessons learned from a K(PI). This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI. Should be an array (indented lines starting with dashes) even if you only have one lesson learned
monthly_focus	Optional	indicates monthly focus goals from a K(PI) as a nested attribute. This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI.
monthly_focus.goals	Optional	indicates monthly focus goals from a K(PI). This should be updated monthly before Key Reviews by the DRI. Should be an array (indented lines starting with dashes) even if you only have one goal
metric_name	Optional	indicates the name of the metric in Self-Managed implemenation. The SaaS representation of the Self-Managed implementation should use the same name.