This chapter explores the introduction of team performance as a new construct in the State of DevOps Report. It discusses the challenge of defining teams and measures utilized to evaluate team performance, while emphasizing the impact of happy and productive teams on overall organizational performance.
This week’s episode dives into the DORA research program and this year’s State of DevOps Report. Nathen Harvey, who leads DORA at Google, shares the key findings from the research and what’s changed since previous reports.
Discussion points:
- (1:10) What DORA focuses on
- (2:17) Where the DORA metrics fit
- (4:35) Introduction to user-centric software development
- (8:05) Impact of user-centricity on software delivery
- (9:40) Team performance vs. organizational performance
- (13:50) Importance of internal documentation
- (15:19) Methodology for designing surveys
- (19:52) Impact of documentation on software delivery
- (23:11) Reemergence of the Elite cluster
- (25:55) Advice for leaders leveraging benchmarks
- (28:30) Redefining MTTR
- (33:45) Changing how Change Failure Rate is measured
- (36:45) Impact of AI on software delivery
- (41:25) Impact of code review speed
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