How to Improve Mean Time to Recovery Metric?
Software development is an iterative process, which means that you do not know how long the project will take from start to finish until it is complete. This is problematic, because the more time a project takes, the more money it costs. And as a result, different metrics are essential to monitoring the progress of a project. This is the reason that various software metrics were arisen to track the progress of a software project and determine how much time is required to complete it.
DORA has put forward 4 key metrics to consider for ensuring the success of software projects. Click here to learn more about the four DORA metrics. Mean Time to Recovery or MTTR is one of the 4 DORA metrics. MTTR is what makes software projects successful or a failure, and it measures the time that is required to recover from the failure once it occurs.
We will now see different ways to improve MTTR or Mean Time to Recovery.
Building a CI/CD system that quickly reports failure
CI/CD systems have become more and more popular in the last few years. The main aim of a CI/CD system is to provide an uninterrupted delivery pipeline. It is important to know that the quicker you get feedback on a problem, the faster you can recover from it. A CI/CD system that auto-deploys the code every few minutes or every hour helps in the quick recovery of code.
Ensure there is a process in place to take immediate action on failures
Failure can occur at any point of time, and it is important to ensure that the recovery process for failure is in place before it happens. A proper process will help in creating a team that reacts quickly to the problem and fixes the issue within a short period of time.
Prioritize recovery from failure over all other tasks
It is important to understand that the main aim of any kind of software development project is to be recovered from failures quickly. And it should be a priority for all stakeholders involved in the project.
Improve deployment time
Reducing the deployment time of a software product will ensure quicker recovery from failure. Therefore, it is important to identify any bottlenecks in the deployment time and work towards resolving them.
