Commit 0f252cdc authored by Mike Jang's avatar Mike Jang

Merge branch 'djensen-clarify-value-stream-analytics-docs' into 'master'

Improve Value Stream Analytics documentation

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Value Stream Analytics measures the time spent to go from an
[idea to production](https://about.gitlab.com/blog/2016/08/05/continuous-integration-delivery-and-deployment-with-gitlab/#from-idea-to-production-with-gitlab)
(also known as cycle time) for each of your projects. Value Stream Analytics displays the median time
(also known as cycle time) for each of your projects or groups. Value Stream Analytics displays the median time
spent in each stage defined in the process.
For information on how to contribute to the development of Value Stream Analytics, see our [contributor documentation](../../development/value_stream_analytics.md).
Value Stream Analytics is useful in order to quickly determine the velocity of a given
project. It points to bottlenecks in the development process, enabling management
to uncover, triage, and identify the root cause of slowdowns in the software development life cycle.
Value Stream Analytics is tightly coupled with the [GitLab flow](../../topics/gitlab_flow.md) and
calculates a separate median for each stage.
For information on how to contribute to the development of Value Stream Analytics, see our [contributor documentation](../../development/value_stream_analytics.md).
## Project Level Value Stream Analytics **CORE**
Project Level Value Stream Analytics is available via **Project > Analytics > Value Stream**.
## Overview
## Group Level Value Stream Analytics **PREMIUM**
Value Stream Analytics is available:
From GitLab 12.9, group level Value Stream Analytics is available via **Group > Analytics > Value Stream**.
- From GitLab 12.9, at the group level via **Group > Analytics > Value Stream**. **(PREMIUM)**
- At the project level via **Project > Analytics > Value Stream**.
## Default stages
There are seven stages that are tracked as part of the Value Stream Analytics calculations.
The stages tracked by Value Stream Analytics by default represent the [GitLab flow](../../topics/gitlab_flow.md). These stages can be customized in Group Level Value Stream Analytics.
- **Issue** (Tracker)
- Time to schedule an issue (by milestone or by adding it to an issue board)
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