In this episode, we turn delivery data into leadership insights. We unpack what DORA actually measures, why elite performers ship faster with fewer failures, and how to wire those indicators into enterprise KPIs without trading away reliability. Expect practical moves you can brief to the board today including SLOs and error budgets, lead-time instrumentation, and decision velocity rules. Additionally, a simple actions list to baseline and improve your metrics.

References:

1) Accelerate State of DevOps 2021: https://cloud.google.com/resources/state-of-devops

2) Accelerate: Building and Scaling High Performing Technology Organizations: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/35747076-accelerate

3) Service Level Objectives: https://sre.google/sre-book/service-level-objectives

4) Implementing SLOs: https://sre.google/workbook/implementing-slos

5) Embracing Risk: https://sre.google/sre-book/embracing-risk

Music Credit: Switch It Up, performed by Silent Partner, from the YouTube Studio Audio Library.