What's Next for DORA?
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3 judges. Scored by all three judges. Only the day’s top stories get the claim check. How far stories are checked
Google's DORA team has stopped running its annual State of DevOps survey, ending a benchmark that engineering leaders have relied on for over a decade to link software delivery performance to outcomes.
Why it ranked
No. 123 of 124 with a score of 0.55. The panel rated it highest on new information (0.82) and audience breadth (0.73), lowest on technical depth (0.32).
Every answer behind this is in the table under Score.
Score
0.55total under rubric v2.2
- Significance0.60
- Reader interest0.69
- Audience breadth0.73
- Practical relevance0.60
- Substantiated0.48
- Technical depth0.32
- New information0.82
- Counts against: Promotional0.28
- Counts against: Overclaim0.24
Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).
| Question | Judge 1 | Judge 2 | Judge 3 | Mean | Spread | Weight | Contribution (weight times mean) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Significance | 0.72 | 0.50 | 0.58 | 0.60 | 0.22 | +0.24 | +0.144 |
| Reader interest | 0.66 | 0.70 | 0.72 | 0.69 | 0.06 | +0.26 | +0.180 |
| Audience breadth | 0.84 | 0.70 | 0.64 | 0.73 | 0.20 | +0.13 | +0.095 |
| Practical relevance | 0.67 | 0.50 | 0.62 | 0.60 | 0.17 | +0.22 | +0.131 |
| Substantiated | 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.68 | 0.48 | 0.31 | +0.05 | +0.024 |
| Technical depth | 0.39 | 0.20 | 0.36 | 0.32 | 0.19 | +0.05 | +0.016 |
| New information | 0.93 | 0.60 | 0.93 | 0.82 | 0.33 | +0.05 | +0.041 |
| Promotional | 0.23 | 0.20 | 0.42 | 0.28 | 0.22 | −0.19 | −0.054 |
| Overclaim | 0.25 | 0.20 | 0.28 | 0.24 | 0.08 | −0.11 | −0.027 |
| Sum of contributions | +0.551 | ||||||
| Claim-check penalty | 0.000 | ||||||
| Total, as published | 0.551 | ||||||
Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested.
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Elsewhere
Elsewhere: HN 1 pts, not on front page
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