Engineering Velocity & Throughput

Meridian Labs · Q3 2024 · 28 Engineers across 4 Product Squads

Cycle Time

0.94

days/point

-33% vs Sprint 1

Deploy Frequency

6.8

deploys/week

+47%

Change Failure Rate

3.2%

of deploys

-1.8pp

MTTR (P50)

2.4

hours

-18%

Lead Time

18.3

hours

+2.1h

Sprint Predictability

87%

delivered

+9pp

Cycle Time Waterfall by Stage

Deployment Frequency by Squad

Change Failure Rate Trend

Lead Time for Changes

PR Review Throughput (Median Hours)

Commit-to-Deploy Latency

8.4min (median)

WIP Ratio

2.8items/dev

Escaped Defect Rate

4.1%post-release

Sprint-Level Performance

Squad	Sprint	Committed Pt	Delivered Pt	Predictability	Cycle Time	Deploy/Week	Escaped Defects
Platform	Sprint 8	52	49	94%	0.81	9.1	2.1%
Core API	Sprint 8	48	41	85%	1.12	6.3	3.8%
Payments	Sprint 8	38	32	84%	0.97	5.2	8.4% HIGH
Analytics	Sprint 8	44	38	86%	0.88	7.4	2.9%
Platform	Sprint 7	50	46	92%	0.86	8.7	1.8%
Core API	Sprint 7	46	38	83%	1.18	5.9	4.2%
Payments	Sprint 7	40	34	85%	1.02	4.8	7.1%
Analytics	Sprint 7	42	36	86%	0.92	7.1	3.4%

Velocity Trend (Story Points Delivered)

Key Interventions

Sprint 4

PR Review SLA Policy

Cycle time reduced 28% over 4 sprints

Sprint 6

Platform CD Refactor

Deploy frequency +74% for Platform squad

Sprint 6

Payments Test Suite Disabled

Escaped defect rate spiked to 8.4%

Sprint 7

Core API Resource Constraint

WIP ratio peaked at 4.2 items/dev