Why Your Developer Productivity Metrics Are Measuring the Wrong Thing (opens in new tab)

Your DORA metrics are elite. Your velocity is up. Releases still slip. You're measuring the pipeline, not what's blocking it. DORA Sees the End, Not the Wait DORA metrics are real. Google's research validates them. But they only see one moment: when code ships. They don't see: The 6 days a feature sat waiting for security review The two teams building the same dependency, unaware of each other The Slack thread where the real blocking decision lives DORA sees elite teams ship fast. It doesn't ...