Delivery and technology
DORA software delivery
Delivery performance and capabilities for software teams, after the DORA research programme.
4 areas · 8 capabilities · 10 questions · answered on a scale from “Strongly disagree” to “Strongly agree”
Maturity levels
- Low Delivery is slow and risky.
- Medium Delivery is regular but changes often cause problems.
- High Frequent, reliable delivery with fast recovery.
- Elite On-demand delivery with very low failure and fast recovery.
What it assesses
Each capability is scored from its questions, and each team or process gets its own level per capability. One example question is shown for each.
Throughput
“How often does the team deploy to production?”
1 question
“How long does a committed change take to reach production?”
1 question
Stability
“What percentage of deployments cause a failure in production?”
1 question
“How long does it usually take to restore service after an incident?”
1 question
Technical capabilities
“Every change is built and tested automatically on merge.”
2 questions
“Automated tests give enough confidence to release without manual regression.”
1 question
“Can the team deploy to production with a single automated step?”
1 question
Culture
“Incidents lead to blameless reviews and follow-up actions.”
2 questions