DORA metrics

1 of our books and 1 talk define this term — and their definitions are worth reading side by side.

DORA metrics as defined by deployment frequency, lead time for change, mean time to resolution (MTTR), and change failure rate

— Driving Innovation, in the text, Jeffrey Shupack, Harry Koehnemann, Adam Furtado, Bryan Woodruff & Tamara Skye

what became eventually known as the DORA metrics, right? The four-tuple: deployment frequency, deployment lead time, change success rate, and MTTR.

— Gene Kim · Opening Remarks Day 2, AI Summit Spring 2026 · at 0:17

See also change failure rate · Deployment Lead Time · Lead Time

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