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Version: Deploy 24.1

DORA Lead Time Analysis

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The Lead Time Analysis dataset provides insights into the time it takes for a process to be completed, from the initiation of work to its final delivery. This dataset helps you understand the development process better, optimize workflows, and deliver software more efficiently while meeting customer expectations.

As a business stakeholder, you can find answers for some of the key business scenarios such as:

  • Understand the efficiency at each stage and improve the process that contributes to most lead time.
  • Identify bottlenecks, ensure to allocate sufficient time, and improve quality.
  • Forecast and plan future tasks using historical lead time and cycle time data.

Attributes

The following list of attributes are available as part of this dataset:

Attribute NameDescription
ApplicationName of the Application
Calendar DateGregorian calendar date displayed in the format 'M/D/YYYY'
Calendar monthGregorian calendar month displayed in the format 'Mon YYYY'
Calendar weekGregorian calendar week displaying the week number. For example, W21, W22
Commit start datetimeDate and time of the developer contributing code to the repository
Deployment completed datetimeThe completion date and time of the deployment
Lagging 30 days period flagFlag to indicate if an event or count has occurred in the past 30 days
Lagging count of daysCount of number of days since the first data record till current day
Lagging count of monthsCount of number of months since the first data record till the current month
Lagging count of weeksCount of number of weeks since the first data record till the current week
Last deploymentLast date of the application deployed
ReleaseName of the working software provided to an end user
Release descriptionThe description of the release
Release folderName of the Folders within which Releases are Organized
Source typeCategory of source data based on its characteristics

Metrics

The following list of metrics are available as part of this dataset:

Metric NameDescription
Cycle time daysDuration in days between the first In Progress date and the last completed date of work item whose current status is completed
Cycle time duration secondsDuration in seconds between the first In Progress date and the last completed date of work item whose current status is completed
Lead time daysDuration in days from the time the work item was created until it is completed
Lead time duration secondsDuration in seconds from the time the work item was created until it is completed
Lead time for change daysDuration in days for a selected change request
Lead time for change duration secondsDuration in days from creation to completion for a selected change request
No of cycle timeCount of production deployments for the Agile Source
No of lead time for changeCount of production deployments for the SCM Source
No of rowsCount of production deployments for the Change Source
Sum of cycle time secondsTotal duration in seconds between the first In Progress date and the last completed date of work item whose current status is completed
Sum of lead time for change secondsTotal duration in days from creation to completion for a selected change request
Sum of lead time secondsTotal duration in seconds from the time the work item was created until it is completed
Total DeploymentsNumber of deployments attempted for a particular release