What are the best data inputs for using Splunk to monitor my company's application development and release cycle?

[sloshburch]

I'm using Splunk to analyze and improve the application development and delivery cycle at my company. I want to Implement the searches published at What are the best practice searches for application lifecycle & release analytics? Are there any best practices or apps and add-ons I can leverage to get data from my build infrastructure so I can improve our development practices?

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