Lifecycle by phase

The Lifecycle by phase report visualizes how long work spends in each phase of your SDLC—refinement, development, review, and deployment—to highlight where time accumulates and where bottlenecks may be slowing delivery.

Lifecycle by phase report in DX

Lifecycle phases

  • Refinement - Represents the average time between issue creation and the first PR commit.

    • Note: If work begins (first commit) before an issue is created, this phase is considered to be 0.

  • Work - The average time between the first and last PR commits.

    • Note: This spans the entire coding period across all PRs linked to the issue. Issues with a single commit will show no time for this phase.

  • Review - The average time between the first PR review and the last merged PR.

  • Deploy - The average time between the last merged PR and the last deployment.

Issue breakdown by phase

The detailed breakdown table lists individual issues alongside their specific time spent in each phase. This allows you to drill down into outliers and understand which specific work items are skewing your team’s averages.