--- title: The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics | daily.dev description: DORA metrics are a strong indicator of the health of developer experience, but they can be misused and misinterpreted. It's important to distinguish between... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-wrong-way-to-use-dora-metrics-ggygpbdow twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics | daily.dev og:description: DORA metrics are a strong indicator of the health of developer experience, but they can be misused and misinterpreted. It's important to distinguish between... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-wrong-way-to-use-dora-metrics-ggygpbdow og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/GgYGpbdoW.png og:image:alt: The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics **[The New Stack](https://daily.dev/sources/newstack)** · 8 min read · 1 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary DORA metrics are a strong indicator of the health of developer experience, but they can be misused and misinterpreted. It's important to distinguish between high-stakes and low-stakes metrics and ensure that the overall business goals are not neglected. Comparing DORA metrics between teams is not meaningful, and misinterpretation of the metrics can lead to superficial improvements. The human factors and cultural alignment should also be considered when using DORA metrics. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: --- Tags: [#company-culture](https://daily.dev/tags/company-culture), [#devops](https://daily.dev/tags/devops), [#dora-metrics](https://daily.dev/tags/dora-metrics), [#platform-engineering](https://daily.dev/tags/platform-engineering) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-wrong-way-to-use-dora-metrics-ggygpbdow) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-wrong-way-to-use-dora-metrics-ggygpbdow","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-wrong-way-to-use-dora-metrics-ggygpbdow"},"datePublished":"2024-02-12T16:16:18.848Z","dateModified":"2026-06-18T02:14:19.276Z","description":"DORA metrics are a strong indicator of the health of developer experience, but they can be misused and misinterpreted. It's important to distinguish between...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5e2f331a8c7075623657e2586a4be1a7?_a=AQAEufR","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/5e2f331a8c7075623657e2586a4be1a7?_a=AQAEufR","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"The New Stack","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"The New Stack","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/newstack","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-wrong-way-to-use-dora-metrics-ggygpbdow","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":1},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"company-culture,devops,dora-metrics,platform-engineering","timeRequired":"PT8M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"The New Stack","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/newstack"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Wrong Way to Use DORA Metrics"}]} ```