Glossary
Delivery & Execution
A Zoe health dimension measuring whether the company actually ships. Tracks deploy frequency, on-time delivery rate, sprint completion, lead time, and unplanned firefighting ratio. Most board decks show vanity velocity charts; real execution health lives in the operational data.
Why it matters
Investors bet on execution, not just strategy. A company with a brilliant product roadmap but a 40% sprint completion rate will destroy value post-close. Execution health predicts whether the team will hit milestones, ship on time, and compound improvements over quarters. Slow or erratic delivery reveals leadership dysfunction, team skill gaps, or unrealistic planning (all material integration risks). Companies in the top quartile for execution outperform revenue targets by 3x versus peers.
How Zoe reads it
Zoe measures execution from deploy frequency, lead time from commit to production, sprint completion percentage, and unplanned firefighting load. These signals come directly from GitHub or equivalent version-control systems. Execution health lives in the Delivery & Execution dimension. It's a forward-looking proxy for organizational discipline: not intent, but actual output rhythm.