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* Metrics that Matter
*Metrics that Matter  
** Measure end user response time, not network or server time
**Measure end user response time, not network or server time  
** Measure flows (registration, checkout, etc)
**Measure flows (registration, checkout, etc)


* Fixing Twitter
*Fixing Twitter  
** Make everything a queue
**Make everything a queue  
** Use google analytics for outage page to track problems
**Use google analytics for outage page to track problems


* Shopzilla
*Shopzilla  
** Increased performance has a direct correlation with higher revenue and pageviews.
**Increased performance has a direct correlation with higher revenue and pageviews.  
** Averages don't mean anything, get the median and percentiles.
**Averages don't mean anything, get the median and percentiles.


* Overall
*Overall  
** Measure everything you can
**Measure everything you can  
** IT & Webdev/engineering should overlap and have same goals
**IT & Webdev/engineering should overlap and have same goals
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Revision as of 17:50, 7 July 2009

  • Metrics that Matter
    • Measure end user response time, not network or server time
    • Measure flows (registration, checkout, etc)
  • Fixing Twitter
    • Make everything a queue
    • Use google analytics for outage page to track problems
  • Shopzilla
    • Increased performance has a direct correlation with higher revenue and pageviews.
    • Averages don't mean anything, get the median and percentiles.
  • Overall
    • Measure everything you can
    • IT & Webdev/engineering should overlap and have same goals