🦊 GitLab: A Python Script Calculating DORA Metrics

• Initial thoughts


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  Considered alternate solutions
  
  
  
  
  • GitLab Value Stream Analytics (official solution)
  
  
  • LinearB (SaaS solution with free tier)
  
  
  • Four Keys (open source based on GCP)
  
  
  
  


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  DORA Metrics and calculations insights
  
  
  
  
  • Metric A: Lead Time for Changes
  
  
  • Metric B: Deployment Frequency
  
  
  • Metric C: Change Failure Rate
  
  
  • Metric D: Time to Restore Service
  
  
  
  


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  The Python script
  
  
  
  
  • Output example
  
  
  • Pre-requisites
  
  
  • Source code
  
  
  
  


• Wrapping up


• Further reading

The DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team has identified four crucial metrics for measuring DevOps performance. …

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