--- title: Why Most Software Engineering KPIs are Bullshit and What... description: Most engineering KPIs are not effective and fail to measure impact. Separate engineering health metrics from KPIs and align KPIs to business value for better... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/why-most-software-engineering-kpis-are-bullshit-and-what-to-do-about-it-in-2024-omqeqcvgr twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Why Most Software Engineering KPIs are Bullshit and What to Do About it in 2024 | daily.dev og:description: Most engineering KPIs are not effective and fail to measure impact. 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Separate engineering health metrics from KPIs and align KPIs to business value for better accountability and understanding of progress. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@ghost** · 0 upvotes > IMO author does not fully reveal *why* KPIs are bullshit. ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Don’t just attend KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon, Merge Forward your experience\!](https://daily.dev/posts/don-t-just-attend-kubecon-cloudnativecon-merge-forward-your-experience--l0rpp73x8) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Announcing H2 2026 KCDs](https://daily.dev/posts/announcing-h2-2026-kcds-m96goajm1) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [Two months of Open Community Groups](https://daily.dev/posts/two-months-of-open-community-groups-asf52zhbs) · CNCF · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Unveils Schedule for KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Europe 2026](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-unveils-schedule-for-kubecon-cloudnativecon-europe-2026-ikhcoa5cb) · CNCF · 2 upvotes · 0 comments - [CNCF Debuts KubeCon \+ CloudNativeCon Japan 2026 Schedule](https://daily.dev/posts/cncf-debuts-kubecon-cloudnativecon-japan-2026-schedule-xp5pyudub) · CNCF · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#productivity](https://daily.dev/tags/productivity) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/why-most-software-engineering-kpis-are-bullshit-and-what-to-do-about-it-in-2024-omqeqcvgr) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"Why Most Software Engineering KPIs are Bullshit and What to Do About it in 2024","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-most-software-engineering-kpis-are-bullshit-and-what-to-do-about-it-in-2024-omqeqcvgr","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/why-most-software-engineering-kpis-are-bullshit-and-what-to-do-about-it-in-2024-omqeqcvgr"},"datePublished":"2023-12-22T07:00:56.155Z","dateModified":"2023-12-22T07:00:53.996Z","description":"Most engineering KPIs are not effective and fail to measure impact. 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