Ask HN: Why do so many developers hate DORA metrics?
DORA haters and lovers are spread on about 50-50 basis.
Haters say they are gameable & simplify a highly complex process as software delivery into 4 numbers whereas DORA lovers feel the visibility they add based on hard data is a game changer.
Have you implemented DORA in your org? What kind of an experience has it been for you?
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Through six years of research, the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team has identified four key metrics that indicate the performance of a software development team:
- Deployment Frequency — How often an organization successfully releases to production
- Lead Time for Changes — The amount of time it takes a commit to get into production
- Change Failure Rate — The percentage of deployments causing a failure in production
- Time to Restore Service — How long it takes an organization to recover from a failure in production
as long as DORA isn’t in your stack ranking review, bonus, or used as a stick to bully people, it is probably OK.