Metrics and Data Driven Decisions Questions

Defining and using metrics, measurement, and success criteria to drive decisions and report progress. Topics include setting key performance indicators and success criteria for programs, establishing baselines, choosing appropriate metric granularity and retention, designing dashboards and reports, interpreting telemetry from metrics traces and logs to inform infrastructure and reliability priorities, and practices for status reporting and transparent progress tracking to different stakeholder audiences. Also covers data quality, limitations of instrumentation, and translating measurements into clear business and engineering actions.