Business Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Reliability, security & resilience · Working

Observability

Also called: system observability

ELI5

Enough evidence exists to understand what the system is doing.

Used in conversation

“Observability shortened incident diagnosis.”

Definition

The ability to understand a system's internal state from outputs such as logs, metrics and traces.

Here “Observability” means: The ability to understand a system's internal state from outputs such as logs, metrics and traces.

Pitch context

You will see “Observability” in product strategy decks, roadmaps, experiments and architecture reviews when the discussion reaches reliability, security & resilience.

Why it matters: In reliability, security & resilience, the scope can change what data may be used, who may access it and which controls are required.

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