Categories

Categories classify metrics by their functional purpose, helping to ensure balanced coverage across different types of controls and capabilities.

Available Categories

Category	Constant	Description
Prevention	prevention	Proactive controls that prevent issues
Detection	detection	Monitoring and alerting capabilities
Response	response	Incident handling and remediation
Reliability	reliability	Availability and durability
Efficiency	efficiency	Performance and resource utilization
Quality	quality	Code and process quality

Prevention

Prevention metrics measure proactive controls that stop issues before they occur.

Examples

Metric	Domain	Stage
Input Validation Coverage	Operations	Build
Configuration Validation	Operations	Build
Pre-deploy Checks	Operations	Build
Schema Validation	Operations	Design

JSON Example

{
  "id": "ops-predeploy-checks",
  "name": "Pre-deploy Check Coverage",
  "domain": "operations",
  "stage": "build",
  "category": "prevention",
  "metricType": "coverage",
  "description": "Percentage of deployments with automated pre-deploy validation"
}

Detection

Detection metrics measure the ability to identify issues when they occur.

Examples

Metric	Domain	Stage
Alert Coverage	Operations	Runtime
Log Coverage	Operations	Runtime
Anomaly Detection	Operations	Runtime
Error Rate Monitoring	Operations	Runtime

JSON Example

{
  "id": "ops-alert-coverage",
  "name": "Alert Coverage",
  "domain": "operations",
  "stage": "runtime",
  "category": "detection",
  "metricType": "coverage",
  "description": "Percentage of services with alerting configured"
}

Response

Response metrics measure the ability to handle and remediate incidents.

Examples

Metric	Domain	Stage
Mean Time to Recovery	Operations	Response
Incident Response Time	Operations	Response
Post-Mortem Completion	Operations	Response
Rollback Success Rate	Operations	Response

JSON Example

{
  "id": "ops-mttr",
  "name": "Mean Time to Recovery",
  "domain": "operations",
  "stage": "response",
  "category": "response",
  "metricType": "latency",
  "trendDirection": "lower_better",
  "unit": "hours"
}

Reliability

Reliability metrics measure system availability and durability.

Examples

Metric	Domain	Stage
Service Availability	Operations	Runtime
Data Durability	Operations	Runtime
Backup Success Rate	Operations	Runtime
Failover Success Rate	Operations	Response

JSON Example

{
  "id": "ops-availability",
  "name": "Service Availability",
  "domain": "operations",
  "stage": "runtime",
  "category": "reliability",
  "metricType": "rate",
  "unit": "%",
  "slo": {
    "target": ">=99.99%",
    "operator": "gte",
    "value": 99.99
  }
}

Efficiency

Efficiency metrics measure performance and resource utilization.

Examples

Metric	Domain	Stage
Deployment Frequency	Operations	Build
Lead Time for Changes	Operations	Build
P99 Latency	Operations	Runtime
Resource Utilization	Operations	Runtime

JSON Example

{
  "id": "ops-deploy-frequency",
  "name": "Deployment Frequency",
  "domain": "operations",
  "stage": "build",
  "category": "efficiency",
  "metricType": "count",
  "unit": "/day",
  "trendDirection": "higher_better"
}

Quality

Quality metrics measure code and process quality.

Examples

Metric	Domain	Stage
Change Failure Rate	Operations	Runtime
Code Review Coverage	Operations	Build
Test Coverage	Operations	Test
Documentation Coverage	Operations	Design

JSON Example

{
  "id": "ops-change-failure-rate",
  "name": "Change Failure Rate",
  "domain": "operations",
  "stage": "runtime",
  "category": "quality",
  "metricType": "rate",
  "unit": "%",
  "trendDirection": "lower_better"
}

Category by Domain

Operations Domain (Core)

Category	Common Use
Reliability	Availability, durability
Efficiency	DORA metrics, performance
Quality	Testing, change management
Response	MTTR, recovery
Prevention	Pre-deploy validation
Detection	Monitoring, alerting