Deployment frequency, development lead time, MTTR, MTBF, code coverage, cycle time -- these metrics, like all metrics, can be absolutely key or utterly meaningless. Don't just ask which metrics to use. Ask how to use these metrics to deliver better software, faster.
NASA is waterfall, Russia is lean, STS is expensive (and retired!), Soyuz is cheap and keeps evolving.
Tyler Jewell, founder and CEO of Codenvy, talks about Eclipse Che (for which Tyler is also project lead), un-frustrating developer workspaces, and creating a protocol for context-aware, in-IDE, IntelliSense-like help for all programming languages.
Randy Kilmon, VP of Engineering at Black Duck, chats about open-source security, container auditing, and empirical vs. formal methods for static code analysis.
Owen Garrett, Head of Product at NGINX, explains how to build a high-performing web server. Recorded live at Moscone Center in San Francisco.