DORA
DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) is a research program run by Google Cloud that studies software delivery performance and organizational practices.
DORA is best known for identifying key metrics that predict software delivery performance:
- Deployment Frequency: How often code is deployed to production
- Lead Time for Changes: Time from code commit to production
- Change Failure Rate: Percentage of deployments causing failures
- Time to Restore Service: Time to recover from failures
Research
DORA publishes annual reports on the state of DevOps and software delivery. The 2025 report focuses on AI-assisted software development.
Related Concepts
Resources
Source: [[State of AI-assisted Software Development 2025 (DORA Report)]]
Linked References
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- [[State of AI-assisted Software Development 2025 (DORA Report)]]
DORA’s 2025 research on AI’s impact on software development, revealing AI as an …
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