Track 17 — Technical Framework Comparisons
17-3: PDI vs DORA Metrics
Financial Health vs Delivery Speed. How to combine both frameworks for board-level reporting.
1 Lessons~45 min
🎯 What You'll Learn
- ✓ When to use DORA vs PDI
- ✓ Presenting DORA to eng and PDI to the board
- ✓ Mapping engineering velocity to financial outcomes
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Complementary Frameworks
DORA measures delivery speed. PDI measures technology capital health. Organizations using only DORA often miss $500K-$2M in hidden technical debt. Adding PDI to your dashboard reveals the financial exposure behind velocity metrics.
Metric Blind Spots
Areas where DORA fails to capture balance sheet risk.
Addressed by PDI
📝 Exercise
Cross-reference your current DORA lead time against your PDI Tech Debt ratio.
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