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DORA's Culture Metric Remains Unimplemented in Commercial Tools
Nicole Forsgren's DORA research found that organizational culture is the strongest predictor of engineering performance, yet no commercial tool has implemented the Westrum culture assessment. The finding was quietly dropped from dashboards because it could indict leadership, making it inconvenient for buyers. Nine years later, the industry still hasn't operationalized this key insight.
Meridian48 take
The article highlights a persistent blind spot in DevOps tooling: vendors prioritize metrics that flatter buyers over those that drive real improvement.
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