The [DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA)](https://dora.dev) team has identified and validated a set of capabilities that drive higher software delivery and organizational performance. These articles describe how to implement, improve, and measure these capabilities. ## Technical capabilities - [### Cloud infrastructure Find out how to manage cloud infrastructure effectively so you can achieve higher levels of agility, availability, and cost visibility.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/cloud-infrastructure) - [### Code maintainability Make it easy for developers to find, reuse, and change code, and keep dependencies up-to-date.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/code-maintainability) - [### Continuous delivery Make deploying software a reliable, low-risk process that can be performed on demand at any time.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/continuous-delivery) - [### Continuous integration Learn about common mistakes, ways to measure, and how to improve on your continuous integration efforts.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/continuous-integration) - [### Test automation Improve software quality by building reliable automated test suites and performing all kinds of testing throughout the software delivery lifecycle.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/test-automation) - [### Database change management Make sure database changes don't cause problems or slow you down.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/database-change-management) - [### Deployment automation Best practices and approaches for deployment automation and reducing manual intervention in the release process.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/deployment-automation) - [### Empowering teams to choose tools Empower teams to make informed decisions on tools and technologies. Learn how these decisions drive more effective software delivery.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/teams-empowered-to-choose-tools) - [### Loosely coupled architecture Learn about moving from a tightly coupled architecture to service-oriented and microservice architectures without re-architecting everything at once.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/loosely-coupled-architecture/) - [### Monitoring and observability Learn how to build tooling to help you understand and debug your production systems.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/monitoring-and-observability) - [### Shifting left on security Build security into the software development lifecycle without compromising delivery speed.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/shifting-left-on-security) - [### Test data management Understand the right strategies for managing test data effectively along with approaches to provide fast, secure data access for testing.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/test-data-management) - [### Trunk-based development Prevent merge-conflict hassles with trunk-based development practices.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/trunk-based-development) - [### Version control A guide to implementing the right version control practices for reproducibility and traceability.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/technical/version-control) ## Process capabilities - [### Customer feedback Drive better organizational outcomes by gathering customer feedback and incorporating it into product and feature design.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/customer-feedback) - [### Monitoring systems to inform business decisions Improve monitoring across infrastructure platforms, middleware, and the application tier, so you can provide fast feedback to developers.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/monitoring-systems) - [### Proactive failure notification Set proactive failure notifications to identify critical issues and act on problems before they arise.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/proactive-failure-notification) - [### Streamlining change approval Replace heavyweight change-approval processes with peer review, to get the benefits of a more reliable, compliant release process without sacrificing speed.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/streamlining-change-approval) - [### Team experimentation Innovate faster by building empowered teams that can try out new ideas without approval from people outside the team.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/team-experimentation) - [### Visibility of work in the value stream Understand and visualize the flow of work from idea to customer outcome in order to drive higher performance.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/work-visibility-in-value-stream) - [### Visual management Learn about the principles of visual management to promote information sharing, get a common understanding of where the team is, and how to improve.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/visual-management) - [### Work in process limits Prioritize work, limit the amount of things that people are working on, and focus on getting a small number of high-priority tasks done.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/wip-limits) - [### Working in small batches Create shorter lead times and faster feedback loops by working in small batches. Learn common obstacles to this critical capability and how to overcome them.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/process/working-in-small-batches) ## Cultural capabilities - [### Generative organizational culture Discover how growing a generative, high-trust culture drives better organizational and software delivery performance.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/cultural/generative-organizational-culture) - [### Job satisfaction Find out about the importance of ensuring your people have the tools and resources to do their job, and of making good use of their skills and abilities.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/cultural/job-satisfaction) - [### Learning culture Grow a learning culture and understand its impact on your organizational performance.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/cultural/learning-culture) - [### Transformational leadership Learn how effective leaders influence software delivery performance by driving the adoption of technical and product management capabilities.](https://dora.dev/devops-capabilities/cultural/transformational-leadership)