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