How Engineering Leaders
Ship Software Today
We surveyed 22 engineering leaders (CTOs, VPs, and architects) across industries from fintech to healthcare. Here is what we found about their delivery practices.
Who Responded
22 respondents from 10 industries, ranging from early-stage startups to public companies.
Roles
Team Size
Industries
The Measurement Gap
Most teams know delivery metrics exist. Few measure them consistently.
How they measure
How often
Key insight: 45% of respondents never measure or only measure ad hoc, yet nearly half believe they could save 10%+ by optimising delivery. The gap between awareness and action is where the biggest gains are hiding.
Delivery Performance Snapshot
What Frustrates Them Most
In their own words: the single most frustrating thing about their deployment process.
"Siloed teams (devs, ops, security) that don't talk when selecting tools and prevent a fully streamlined systematic approach to software delivery."
"Despite knowledge of delivery metrics and tools, the team aren't measuring lead time and don't have any focus on it."
"The market demands a speed that doesn't allow us to do things well."
"Deployments distributed across far too many platforms, creating cognitive overhead, reduced performance, and reduced velocity."
"Not being allowed to fix it. Technical founder is emotionally attached to a human-in-the-loop deployment."
"Mix of legacy and modern tooling."
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