Resources to enable your teams

Explore resources to use to help enable your teams.

Strategic direction and reports combinations

Hopefully by now you have a sense of which reports and metrics you're interested in based on your Flow goals. But in case you don't—or you want your teams to select their own reports based on their specific circumstances—use this table to explore which reports, metrics, and personas go with each of the strategic directions we explored earlier.

Strategic direction	Persona	Suggested reports	Use case metrics

Strategic direction	Persona	Suggested reports	Use case metrics
Reduce cycle time	Leaders	Sprint movement Retrospective PR resolution Team health insights	Queue time Median cycle time Time to merge Unreviewed PRs Coding days
Drive efficient workflows	Leaders/Individual contributors	Work log Review collaboration Review workflow	Commits per day Time to first comment Queue time Most active PRs
Improve predictability	Leaders/Individual contributors	Investment profile Sprint movement Project timeline	Scope added/completed Tickets completed Change failure Rework
Improve quality through collaboration	Individual contributors	Review collaboration Work log Team health insights	Lead time for changes Time to first comment Efficiency Commits per day
Reduce time to value	Leaders	Check-in Work log Proficiency Retrospective	Coding days Commits per day Time to first comment Efficiency Cycle time
Data-driven coaching	Individual contributors	Check-in PR resolution Team health insights	Coding days Cycle time Commits per day Time to merge Impact Efficiency Commit focus/complexity

Supporting resources for understanding Flow

If you've followed along in this Admin success center so far, we've shared several resources for you to better understand Flow, and we've gathered them all here for quick reference. Some of them help you understand the big picture, and some help you complete specific tasks important for your launch journey.

Flow resources	What's it for?

Flow resources	What's it for?
Inviting users	Learn how to give your team access to Flow.
What is Flow exactly?	Learn what Flow is designed for.
Flow demo (opens in new tab)	Explore a Flow overview and use cases.
Can't you just "game" the metrics?	Understand what focusing on metrics looks like in Flow.
Getting started with Flow	Get started with the details of setting up Flow.
Service accounts in Flow	Learn how and why to set up service accounts for your integrations.
Merge users	Learn how to merge users to maintain accurate data.
Flow overview (opens in new tab)	Learn about Flow's features and use cases.

Want more resources? Check out our new and frequently updated resources about Flow, Flow customers, and developers in general.

Resource	What's it for?	Where should I start?

Resource	What's it for?	Where should I start?
Blogs (opens in new tab)	Learn about new insights and thoughts on developer experience and engineering leadership.	One of our favorites is this blog on 13 top software development KPIs you should track (opens in new tab). Or check out DORA metrics: An engineering leader's guide (opens in new tab).
Customer stories (opens in new tab)	Learn how other Flow customers use Flow to drive their goals forward.	Learn how Lightspeed partnered with Flow to transform their engineering team (opens in new tab).
20 Patterns (opens in new tab)	Check out the patterns in your engineering teams that will help you recognize achievement, spot bottlenecks, and debug your development process with data.	Every engineering team is different. But check out the Hoarding the code pattern if you’ve noticed team members working privately and delivering a large PR at the very end of a sprint.
Flow academy (opens in new tab)	Check out this library of playbooks and videos to learn how Flow can bolster your engineering efforts and processes.	Learn about speeding up your software delivery by reducing your cycle times (open in new tab).

What's next?

Now that you've reviewed the resources you can use, it's time for a brief check on your Flow settings.