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Change lead time

Delivery metrics · lead time for changes

Change lead time is how long it takes from a change being committed to version control to it running in production. The shorter it is, the faster the team ships small changes. It counts from ready code, while time to market counts from the idea.

ideacommitchecksproduserslead time: commit to prodTime from commit to running in production

Source: DORA: software delivery metrics

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