Bye Bye DORA: Flaws of the State of DevOps Reports

Programming Tech Brief By HackerNoon

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DORA Four Key Metrics have become the "gold standard" of measurement in the software engineering industry, however several flaws have recently come to light.
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The DORA Four Key metrics contain a variety of flaws; from raw data not being provided, to the methodology foreshadowing the conclusion. Whilst DORA is backed by those who have a vested interest in developers shipping ever-faster, recent research has highlighted that the outcomes measured by DORA are least important to users and software engineers. It is therefore important to assess performance within the risk appetite of each environment.