Generative Metrics Institute

AI-Era KPIs for Software Delivery

Proposed performance indicators for software delivery operations where AI and automation create decisions that legacy metrics cannot measure.

33
Proposed KPIs
14
Categories
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AI-Generated Code Quality (3 KPIs)

Architectural Coherence Drift Index (ACDI) (ACDI)
GMI-SWD-002 Integration-Required
Dependency Selection Quality Score (DSQS) (DSQS)
GMI-SWD-003 Pilot-Ready
Semantic Defect Origin Rate (SDOR) (SDOR)
GMI-SWD-001 Integration-Required

Architecture and Design Governance (2 KPIs)

Architecture-Team Fitness Score (ATFS) (ATFS)
GMI-SWD-008 Integration-Required
Design Rationale Transparency Score (DRTS) (DRTS)
GMI-SWD-009 Integration-Required

Code Evolution (2 KPIs)

Debt Detection Coverage Ratio (DDCR) (DDCR)
GMI-SWD-017 Pilot-Ready
Refactoring Semantic Fidelity Score (RSFS) (RSFS)
GMI-SWD-016 Pilot-Ready

Dependency and Security Intelligence (2 KPIs)

Reachability Score Accuracy Index (RSAI) (RSAI)
GMI-SWD-010 Integration-Required
Upgrade Cascade Accuracy (UCA) (UCA)
GMI-SWD-011 Integration-Required

Governance Checkpoint Effectiveness (2 KPIs)

Audit Trail Actionability Ratio (ATAR) (ATAR)
GMI-SWD-027 Integration-Required
Checkpoint Review Depth Index (CRDI) (CRDI)
GMI-SWD-026 Pilot-Ready

Model Routing Intelligence & Economics (4 KPIs)

AI Orchestration Net Value Index (AONVI) (AONVI)
GMI-SWD-023 Research-Forward
Model Routing Accuracy Index (MRAI) (MRAI)
GMI-SWD-020 Integration-Required
Model Substitution Drift Score (MSDS) (MSDS)
GMI-SWD-021 Integration-Required
Routing Cost Efficiency Ratio (RCER) (RCER)
GMI-SWD-022 Pilot-Ready

Modernization Fidelity & Knowledge Preservation (2 KPIs)

Business Logic Preservation Score (BLPS) (BLPS)
GMI-SWD-028 Infrastructure-Dependent
Knowledge Extraction Density (KED) (KED)
GMI-SWD-029 Research-Forward

Multi-Agent Coordination Integrity (2 KPIs)

Cross-Agent Coherence Score (CACS) (CACS)
GMI-SWD-024 Infrastructure-Dependent
Orchestration Depth Impact Index (ODII) (ODII)
GMI-SWD-025 Pilot-Ready

Operational Resilience (2 KPIs)

Remediation Learning Rate (RLR) (RLR)
GMI-SWD-014 Integration-Required
Rollback Cascade Coherence Index (RCCI) (RCCI)
GMI-SWD-015 Infrastructure-Dependent

Playbook Governance Quality (2 KPIs)

Playbook Conflict Density (PCD) (PCD)
GMI-SWD-033 Integration-Required
Playbook Validity Index (PVI) (PVI)
GMI-SWD-032 Integration-Required

Release Calibration (2 KPIs)

Deploy Strategy Exposure Index (DSEI) (DSEI)
GMI-SWD-013 Integration-Required
Release Risk Score Calibration Index (RRSCI) (RRSCI)
GMI-SWD-012 Pilot-Ready

Review and Verification Integrity (4 KPIs)

AI Test Environmental Sensitivity Rate (ATESR) (ATESR)
GMI-SWD-007 Pilot-Ready
Effective Review Depth Index (ERDI) (ERDI)
GMI-SWD-005 Infrastructure-Dependent
Review Attention Displacement Index (RADI) (RADI)
GMI-SWD-004 Infrastructure-Dependent
Test Specification Alignment Score (TSAS) (TSAS)
GMI-SWD-006 Integration-Required

Security & Compliance Integrity (2 KPIs)

Policy Freshness Score (PFS) (PFS)
GMI-SWD-031 Pilot-Ready
Security Coverage Gap Index (SCGI) (SCGI)
GMI-SWD-030 Integration-Required

Specification Quality (2 KPIs)

Specification Completeness Gap (SCG) (SCG)
GMI-SWD-018 Pilot-Ready
Specification Error Propagation Rate (SEPR) (SEPR)
GMI-SWD-019 Integration-Required

Maturity Distribution

Pilot-Ready
10
Integration-Required
16
Infrastructure-Dependent
5
Research-Forward
2

Frequently Asked Questions

What KPIs should Software Delivery operations track for AI?

The Generative Metrics Discovery Framework has produced 33 proposed KPIs for Software Delivery across 14 categories, including Architectural Coherence Drift Index (ACDI), Dependency Selection Quality Score (DSQS), Semantic Defect Origin Rate (SDOR). Each specification includes a computable formula, data source mappings, a maturity classification, and a validation pilot design.

Why do existing Software Delivery KPIs miss AI decisions?

Legacy Software Delivery metrics were defined before AI systems began creating operational decisions. When an AI capability creates a new decision, that decision carries failure modes that no existing metric is structurally capable of detecting. The framework maps each AI capability to the decisions it creates and defines the measurement gap behind each invisible failure mode.

How mature are the proposed Software Delivery KPIs?

Of the 33 proposed KPIs, the maturity distribution is: 10 Pilot-Ready, 16 Integration-Required, 5 Infrastructure-Dependent, 2 Research-Forward. Maturity reflects the data infrastructure required to compute each KPI. All KPIs and thresholds are proposed, pending validation pilots.

Where can I get the full Software Delivery KPI catalog?

The AI-Era Software Delivery Reference Catalog presents the complete KPI set in a compact reference format and publishes through Amazon KDP. The free AI-GPS Assessment also produces vertical-specific KPI recommendations for your implementation roadmap.

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All KPIs are proposed, not proven. Developed using the patent-pending Generative Metrics Discovery Framework.