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🌡️ Reldex (Release Score)

Release Score or Reldex – Release Process Index – is a quantitative metric that measures the efficacy of your mobile release process. Like Apdex, it breaks down various measurements and insights from your release into a single score between 0 and 1.

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Reldex is not a proxy for “release health” or “product health” – those are best measured via APMs and other observability tooling.

Breakdown

The release workflow process is broken down into several action components where the process can bottleneck. Examples of such action components are listed in the table:

TypeDescriptionDefault Acceptable Range
Overall Durationnumber of days from release start (typically code freeze) to 100% rollout of the release14-17 days
Stability Durationnumber of days it takes to stabilize the build before submitting it to the stores for review7-10 days
Stability Changesnumber of changes (commits) it took to stabilize the build for release10-20
Rollout Durationnumber of days between rollout start and 100% rollout of the release7-10 days
Rollout Fixesthe fixes that are done to the release while the staged rollout of the release is in progress1-2
Hotfixesthe bugfixes that are done to the release after the release has reached all the users0-1

Each component is assigned a weight to determine how much each component adds to the overall score of the release. Each component can also be assigned a tolerable range beyond which they add no value to the release score.

Each component of the release is scored with the following score as per the tolerable range defined for the component:

Component ValueComponent outcomeComponent score
>= Acceptable RangeExcellent1
Within Acceptable RangeAcceptable0.5
<= Acceptable RangeMediocre0

Weightage for a component can be set to 0 to denote no contribution to the overall release score.

We will make more components available to add to the formula as we gather more data and feedback from our users.

Calculation

The final reldex is calculated as the weighted sum of all component scores.

reldex = SUM(component_score × component_weight)

The reldex can then be defined as Excellent, Acceptable, or Mediocre as per the thresholds defined by you. In this example, the acceptable range for the reldex is 0.5 - 0.8.

RangeGrade
reldex >= 0.8Excellent
0.5 < reldex < 0.8Acceptable
reldex <= 0.5Mediocre

This is the final grading of the release.

Configuration

Tramline sets a default configuration for the reldex calculation for each release train.

You can override the default acceptable ranges and weights of the components in the Configure section of your train under Reldex Settings.

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Weightage for a component can be set to 0 to denote no contribution to the overall release score.

You can update the reldex settings at any time and the changes will be reflected in the reldex calculation for all releases (historical and future).

Use Cases

Trend Analysis

Track the reldex scores of your releases over time to understand how your release process is evolving.

Identify Bottlenecks

Identify the components of your release process that are consistently underperforming and need improvement.

Process Health

Use the reldex score as a quick indicator of the health of your release process.