
Data-Driven Engineering Starts with DORA Metrics
Seeing and understanding your DORA metrics (CFR, MTTR, Cycle Time, DF) is a great first step in building a comprehensive metrics program for your
engineering team. With the LinearB software delivery management platform, your DORA metrics are:
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Engineering Metrics Are Only Half the Battle
Modern engineering leaders have two BIG jobs: operational excellence in software delivery and driving business outcomes. DORA metrics are great for measuring efficiency and stability, making them indispensable for the first role. The trouble starts when you use them for the second role. That’s because DORA metrics alone don’t translate to business outcomes.
Too often leaders stop at DORA metrics and begin improvement efforts after gaining this visibility–usually with more process and meetings (gasp!). DORA metrics should be used as one of many data points in a holistic metrics program that helps leaders fulfill the dual mandate of engineering excellence and business impact.
DORA Metrics Are Just the Beginning
When building your metrics program, DORA metrics should be considered a good milestone, not the destination. DORA metrics are lagging indicators–calculated and measured after a piece of code has gone through the software development process. Moreover, DORA metrics are engineering-focused; the business doesn’t care about an incremental change in Change Failure Rate (CFR).
LinearB provides deep visibility into DORA metrics and the leading indicators–like the size of PRs. It’s these metrics that will have the most impact on engineering outcomes–which is why they’re so crucial.
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Many solutions have DORA metrics–but not much else. LinearB believes DORA metrics are a great start and provides them in minutes, right out of the box. But that’s just the beginning.
Get your DORA metrics instantly with LinearB
Work your way with a flexible tool that aligns to your team
Use metrics that are the closest thing to quantifying productivity

Use Data to Set and Meet Improvement Goals
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Once you’ve got DORA metrics, LinearB provides additional context and deeper information with a single click.
Dig into the phases of cycle time
Compare your team with industry peers
See your leading indicators like PR size and PRs merged without review

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Engineering metrics visibility (and improvement) doesn’t mean much without aligning R&D effort to the business, predictable priority feature delivery, customer retention, and cost savings.
Walk into executive check ins with confidence
Use DORA metrics to make resourcing decisions
Showcase engineering health to the business in their terms

Use Data to Set and Meet Improvement Goals
View Metrics
Get Context
Show Impact
Work Your Way
LinearB offers maximum flexibility with options for how your data is collected and presented as well as aligning to your ways of working–instead of forcing you to adopt new methodologies to use the tool. LinearB gives you the freedom to choose how you:
Structure your data
Detect releases
Build your teams and projects
Showcase your metrics dashboards and views

DORA 101
Conceived of at Google, the DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) identified four metrics that are the best indicators of engineering team health, performance, and productivity. Broken into velocity (Cycle Time & Deployment Frequency) and stability (MTTR & Change Failure Rate), teams of all shapes and sizes should not only track these metrics, but also apply strategies for their continuous improvement.

So Much More than Just DORA Metrics

Build a Robust Metrics (and Improvement) Program
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Automatically Aggregate, Benchmark, and Present Your Metrics
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Identify Improvement Opportunities and Set Goals
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Automate Alignment and Improvement Across Teams
Documentation
Learn how LinearB metrics can help you improve work breakdown and reduce cycle time, change failure rate, and mean time to restore.
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Explore the details of software delivery excellence, PR workflows, and how to persuade the boardroom as an engineering leader.
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