Key Insights from the 2024 DORA Report!

The 2024 State of DevOps Report from Google Cloud's DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team has officially landed.

For years, the DORA report has been the gold standard, providing data-driven insights into the practices and capabilities that distinguish high-performing technology teams from the rest. It cuts through the noise to show what works when it comes to delivering software quickly, reliably, and securely.

What's Inside the 2024 Report?

This year's research continues to explore the crucial links between technical practices, cultural norms, and organizational performance. While the specific focus areas evolve each year, you can expect the report to delve into:

• Software Delivery Performance: Examining the classic DORA metrics (Deployment Frequency, Lead Time for Changes, Change Failure Rate, Time to Restore Service) and how top teams maintain speed and stability.

• Reliability: How are organizations ensuring their services are dependable? What operational practices make a difference?

• Security: Investigating how security is integrated throughout the software lifecycle (DevSecOps) and its impact.

• Organizational Culture: Exploring factors like psychological safety, team empowerment, and communication, which are foundational to success.

• Emerging Trends: Often touching upon the influence of cloud technologies, AI/ML in operations, platform engineering, and other key industry shifts.

Why Does It Matter?

The DORA report isn't just data; it's a practical roadmap. It provides benchmarks to understand where your team stands and identifies the specific practices correlated with elite performance. Whether you're a developer, operator, security professional, or IT leader, these insights can help you:

• Identify bottlenecks in your workflows.

• Justify investments in specific tools or process changes.

• Foster a culture that supports high performance.

• Ultimately, deliver more value, faster and more reliably.

Ready to see how the landscape of DevOps has evolved and what defines excellence in 2024?

Dive into the full findings and download the report here: https://dora.dev/research/2024/dora-report/