Skill Profile

Delivery Metrics: Lead Time, Cycle Time, Velocity

Delivery metrics: Lead Time, Cycle Time, Velocity, Throughput, DORA metrics

Project Management Delivery Management

Roles

2

where this skill appears

Levels

5

structured growth path

Mandatory requirements

10

the other 0 optional

Domain

Project Management

Group

Delivery Management

Last updated

3/17/2026

How to Use

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What is Expected at Each Level

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Role Required Description
Product Manager Required Understands key delivery metrics: velocity, lead time, cycle time, throughput. Tracks sprint progress in Jira/Linear. Prepares basic delivery reports.
Technical Product Manager Required Knows key delivery metrics: lead time, cycle time, deployment frequency, change failure rate. Understands DORA metrics and their connection to product performance. Tracks basic indicators for their team.
Role Required Description
Product Manager Required Analyzes delivery metrics to optimize processes. Identifies bottlenecks through lead time analysis. Uses metrics for planning and forecasting.
Technical Product Manager Required Independently analyzes delivery metrics to identify bottlenecks in the product flow. Builds dashboards with DORA metrics, links engineering metrics to product outcomes. Uses data to improve planning.
Role Required Description
Product Manager Required Builds a delivery metrics system for the product. Balances speed and quality. Uses DORA metrics to assess engineering health.
Technical Product Manager Required Defines delivery metrics system for the product, linking engineering performance with business outcomes. Implements value stream mapping to optimize flow from idea to production. Designs alerting for metric degradation.
Role Required Description
Product Manager Required Standardizes delivery metrics for the division. Defines benchmarks and targets. Uses metrics to optimize cross-team dependencies.
Technical Product Manager Required Defines delivery metrics standards for the product division. Introduces cross-team benchmarking and continuous improvement processes. Links delivery performance to product OKRs at portfolio level.
Role Required Description
Product Manager Required Defines engineering efficiency strategy at the company level. Shapes investments in developer experience and productivity tools.
Technical Product Manager Required Shapes enterprise strategy for measuring delivery performance. Defines organization-level engineering metrics linked to business value. Builds culture of measurement and continuous improvement at scale.

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