Smarter #Testing for Better Speed & #Quality with DORA Metrics
summary
Argues that improving testing capability through experimentation and leadership support yields both faster delivery and higher stability over time, even if capability work temporarily reduces performance; contrasts a self‑reinforcing working harder loop with a virtuous working smarter loop. Recommends using four DORA measures as concrete proxies: lead time, deployment frequency, MTTR, change failure rate to remove ambiguity, guide experiments, and prove whether automation or process changes actually increase sustainable speed and quality.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction and welcome
- 4:01Testing hard vs testing smart
- 7:49Working harder vs working smarter
- 9:56DORA metrics explained
- 12:43Improving capability sustainably
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