DORA metrics

By Pradyumna Chippigiri

January 03, 2026

DORA framework/metrics to measure and improve the software delivery, engineering productivity and performancs.

There are four high-signal indicators that describe how fast and reliable your software delivery pipeline is in your organization

The four metrics

1. Deployment frequency:
   how often does your organization deploy code to production, or release it to end users ?
2. Lead time for changes:
   how long does it take to go from code committed to code successfully running in production ?
3. Change failure rate:
   What percentage of changes to production or releases to users result in degraded service ?
4. Time to restore service (MTTR):
   how long does it generally take to restore service after a change to production or release to users results in degraded service ?

Why they matter

They balance speed or throughput and stability, so you can improve delivery without breaking production.

Quick takeaway

High performers deploy more often, with shorter lead times, lower failure rates, and faster recovery. Opsera offers wonderful dashboard to measure this