Deployment Frequency

Deployment frequency metrics measures the frequency of successful code deployments.

App inputs to this metric:

CI/CD tools

Range points and what they mean:

The DORA performance grades for Deployment Frequency are:

1. Elite - On-demand (multiple deploys per day)

2. High - Between once per day and once per week

3. *Medium - *Between once per week and once per month

4. *Low - *Between once per month and once every 6 months

Use cases:

1. Understand the agility of your teams with respect to releases

2. Assess the need to invest in CI-CD tools and whether the established DevOps release processes are delivering sufficient velocity in terms of releases

Some more references:

https://www.hatica.io/blog/dora-metrics/ (opens in a new tab)