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DORA's State of DevOps research program represents seven years of research and data from over 32,000 professionals worldwide. It is the longest running academically rigorous research investigation of its kind, providing an independent view into the practices and capabilities that drive high performance in technology delivery and ultimately organizational outcomes. Our research uses behavioral science to identify the most effective and efficient ways to develop and deliver software. Use our quick check tool to discover how you compare to industry peers, identify specific capabilities you can use to improve performance, and make progress toward becoming an elite performer. You can also explore our research program using the interactive diagram below, or browse the catalog at the bottom of this page. To find out more about a particular capability or outcome, click or tap on the text description. Drag or hover over capabilities to see how they impact other capabilities and outcomes. View PDF

State of DevOps Reports

Capability catalog

Key Cultural capability Product and process capability Lean management and monitoring capability Technical capability Outcome Multiple constructs + Predictive relationship

State of DevOps Reports

2022 State of DevOps Report

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2021 State of DevOps Report

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2019 State of DevOps Report

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2018 State of DevOps Report

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2017 State of DevOps Report

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2016 State of DevOps Report

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2015 State of DevOps Report

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2014 State of DevOps Report

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Capability catalog

Explore the technical, process, measurement, and cultural capabilities which drive higher software delivery and organizational performance. Each of the articles below presents a capability, discusses how to implement it, and how to overcome common obstacles. You can also learn how to deploy a program to implement these capabilities in our article "How to Transform." ● Technical ● Process ● Measurement ● Cultural

Version control

A guide to implementing the right version control practices for reproducibility and traceability. ● Learn more

Continuous integration

Learn about common mistakes, ways to measure, and how to improve on your continuous integration efforts. ● Learn more

Deployment automation

Best practices and approaches for deployment automation and reducing manual intervention in the release process. ● Learn more

Trunk-based development

Prevent merge-conflict hassles with trunk-based development practices. ● Learn more

Continuous testing

Improve software quality by building reliable automated test suites and performing all kinds of testing throughout the software delivery lifecycle. ● Learn more

Continuous delivery

Make deploying software a reliable, low-risk process that can be performed on demand at any time. ● Learn more

Architecture

Learn about moving from a tightly coupled architecture to service-oriented and microservice architectures without re-architecting everything at once. ● Learn more

Cloud infrastructure

Find out how to manage cloud infrastructure effectively so you can achieve higher levels of agility, availability, and cost visibility. ● Learn more

Test data management

Understand the right strategies for managing test data effectively along with approaches to provide fast, secure data access for testing. ● Learn more

Empowering teams to choose tools

Empower teams to make informed decisions on tools and technologies. Learn how these decisions drive more effective software delivery. ● Learn more

Shifting left on security

Build security into the software development lifecycle without compromising delivery speed. ● Learn more

Database change management

Make sure database changes don't cause problems or slow you down. ● Learn more

Code maintainability

Make it easy for developers to find, reuse, and change code, and keep dependencies up-to-date. ● Learn more

Team experimentation

Innovate faster by building empowered teams that can try out new ideas without approval from people outside the team. ● Learn more

Streamlining change approval

Replace heavyweight change-approval processes with peer review, to get the benefits of a more reliable, compliant release process without sacrificing speed. ● Learn more

Customer feedback

Drive better organizational outcomes by gathering customer feedback and incorporating it into product and feature design. ● Learn more

Visibility of work in the value stream

Understand and visualize the flow of work from idea to customer outcome in order to drive higher performance. ● Learn more

Working in small batches

Create shorter lead times and faster feedback loops by working in small batches. Learn common obstacles to this critical capability and how to overcome them. ● Learn more

Monitoring and observability

Learn how to build tooling to help you understand and debug your production systems. ● Learn more

Monitoring systems to inform business decisions

Improve monitoring across infrastructure platforms, middleware, and the application tier, so you can provide fast feedback to developers. ● Learn more

Proactive failure notification

Set proactive failure notifications to identify critical issues and act on problems before they arise. ● Learn more

Work in process limits

Prioritize work, limit the amount of things that people are working on, and focus on getting a small number of high-priority tasks done. ● Learn more

Visual management capabilities

Learn about the principles of visual management to promote information sharing, get a common understanding of where the team is, and how to improve. ● Learn more

Job satisfaction

Find out about the importance of ensuring your people have the tools and resources to do their job, and of making good use of their skills and abilities. ● Learn more

Westrum organizational culture

Discover how growing a generative, high-trust culture drives better organizational and software delivery performance. ● Learn more

Transformational leadership

Learn how effective leaders influence software delivery performance by driving the adoption of technical and product management capabilities. ● Learn more

Learning culture

Grow a learning culture and understand its impact on your organizational performance. ● Learn more

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