Read Deployment Health with DORA
Use DORA metrics to diagnose deployment flow without creating perverse incentives.
Fast and fragile is not high performance. Slow and stable is not the goal either. Throughput signals Deployment frequency and change lead time show how work flows from commit to production. They reveal queues, oversized batches, and approval delays. Instability signals Change fail rate, failed deployment recovery time, and deployment rework rate show what happens after production changes meet reality. They reveal brittle tests, weak observability, risky migrations, and poor rollback design. The management trap Do not turn one metric into a target. Use the set as an instrument panel and pair every number with a story from a recent…
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