DORA Metrics and the Four Keys

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Curriculum surface

• Open learner-facing unit
• Curriculum path: content/curriculum/production/semester-09-cloud-devops/module-04-ci-cd-pipelines-release-engineering/concepts/cluster-01-delivery-as-a-discipline/03-dora-metrics-and-the-four-keys-primary.md
• App: production
• Semester: semester-09-cloud-devops
• Module: module-04-ci-cd-pipelines-release-engineering
• Unit kind: concept
• Curation level: module_curated

Learning objectives

• Explain DORA Metrics and the Four Keys as a software-delivery and risk-reduction system, not just automation for builds and tests.
• Use DORA Metrics and the Four Keys to reason about feedback speed, artifact integrity, rollout safety, and release recoverability.
• Use github-actions-in-action, pro-git, software-engineering-at-google to connect the learner page to pipeline stages, deployment strategies, and production-release discipline.

Prerequisites

• Comfort with containers, environment promotion, and the need for repeatable, low-risk software delivery.

Source books

• github-actions-in-action
• pro-git
• software-engineering-at-google

Source routes

Github Actions In Action

• /books/github-actions-in-action via GitHub Actions in Action

Pro Git

• /books/pro-git via Pro Git

Software Engineering At Google

• /books/software-engineering-at-google via Software Engineering at Google

Supporting curriculum routes

No supporting curriculum routes linked yet.

External enrichment

• Google Cloud: CI/CD and Automation (official_docs_companion) - Grounds CI/CD ideas in an end-to-end automation reference instead of tool-by-tool folklore.
• Google SRE Workbook: Canarying Releases (read_if_stuck) - Shows how release engineering decisions affect safety, confidence, and rollback strategy in production.

AI companion modes

• Explain simply
• Socratic tutor
• Challenge my understanding
• Diagnose my confusion
• Generate extra practice

Source-of-truth note

This teaching unit is learner-facing guidance assembled from multiple canonical book routes. Use the listed source books as the primary conceptual spine for DORA Metrics and the Four Keys, and treat outside material as supporting enrichment only.