If you want to read about flawed metrics, how they affect the production and what to do about it in a form of interesting novel - check out The Goal by Elijjahu

If you want to read about flawed metrics, how they affect the production and what to do about it in a form of interesting novel - check out The Goal by Elijjahu M. Goldratt. It's a classic, but gets recommended seldom for how good it is.