Deployment Frequency
How often is the application deployed to the production environment — expressed as the average number of days with at least one deployment.
Metric Levels
| Level | Threshold |
|---|---|
| ELITE | On-demand — at least one deployment per day |
| HIGH | Between once per day and once per week |
| MEDIUM | Between once per week and once per month |
| LOW | More than once per month |
| BLANK | Not enough data to compute |
Metric Trends
| Trend | Meaning |
|---|---|
| INCREASING | The metric level has been improving in the last month |
| STABLE | The metric level has been stable in the last month |
| DECREASING | The metric level has been deteriorating in the last month |
Example
A team releases their e-commerce application every Tuesday and Thursday — roughly twice a week. Over the last six months, no deployment happened more frequently than that, so the average lands between once per day and once per week. CodeNOW evaluates this as HIGH.
To reach ELITE, the team would need to automate their release pipeline to the point where they can ship on demand — at least once per day — which typically requires a solid CI/CD setup with automated testing and one-click deployments.