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What is Deployment Frequency?

How often code is shipped to production.

How to calculate it

Calculate Deployment Frequency as: Number of production deployments per period. Pull the inputs from your connected data and track the trend over time in your dashboard.

Examples

Example 1

The team ships to production 14 times this week -- multiple deploys per day (elite).

Example 2

The team ships to production 14 times in a week -> multiple deploys per day, placing it in the elite DORA category.

Why it matters

Deployment frequency is how often code is shipped to production and is a key DORA measure of delivery throughput. Frequent, small deployments reduce risk and accelerate the feedback loop between building and learning. Counting non-production deploys inflates it and obscures real delivery cadence.

Benchmark context

Elite teams deploy on demand, often multiple times per day; high performers deploy between daily and weekly, per DORA research.

Common pitfalls

Counting non-production deploys.

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