You’ve learned about the history of DORA metrics and some of the benefits of using them from our first episode. Now, let’s talk about why they matter.

In episode 2 of Sleuth TV Live, we covered:

• How to use DORA metrics in day-to-day work
• Do you need to use them if everything is going well?
• Real-world examples of how teams can improve through insights gained from DORA metrics

0:00 Welcome: Exploring what to do with DORA metrics next

3:30 How often do you deploy?

5:04 Story from the trenches: deploying every 3-6 months

7:30 Live look at Sleuth’s deploy frequency

9:30 What are DORA metrics good for?
14: 28 Recap: What are DORA metrics?

17:47 4 ways they can be useful to your team

19:15 Assessment against other teams

25:43 Measure progress on initiatives

29:55 Track impact of unrelated changes

32:06 Track impact of team scale events

38:07 Metrics shouldn’t be the answer

39:36 Are DORA metrics just for bad teams?

40:30 Final thoughts

41:37 We tried to welcome CEO Dylan Etkin!

45:35 Elephant in the room: Defining failure

46:50 Next episode: How to measure failure

Resources mentioned in the show:

• 2021 State of DevOps Report: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/devops-sre/announcing-dora-2021-accelerate-state-of-devops-report
• Accelerate book
• Sleuth TV Live, Episode 1: DORA Metrics 101: https://www.youtube.com/watch
• Sleuth's live metrics: https://app.sleuth.io/sleuth/sleuth/metrics/lead_time