DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics, developed by the DORA team have become a standard for measuring the efficiency and effectiveness of DevOps implementations. As organizations start to adopt DevOps practices to accelerate software delivery, tracking performance and reliability becomes critical. DORA metrics help organizations address these critical tasks by providing a framework for understanding how well teams are delivering software and how quickly they can recover from failures. This article will delve into DORA metrics, demonstrate how to track them using Jenkins, and explore how to use Prometheus for collecting and displaying these metrics in Observe.

What Are DORA Metrics?

DORA metrics are a set of four key performance indicators (KPIs) that help organizations evaluate their software delivery performance. These metrics are: