What this calculator measures
The current DORA model uses five software delivery performance metrics. Change Lead Time, Deployment Frequency, and Failed Deployment Recovery Time describe throughput. Change Fail Rate and Deployment Rework Rate describe instability; the calculator inverts those percentages so a higher displayed stability score is better.
How the score works
ObserveForge uses the same transparent normalization direction as DORA's current Quick Check: categorical answers map from 1–6 to 0–10, while percentage metrics map from 0–100% to 10–0. This is a directional score, not an official DORA benchmark or cohort classification.
The overall score is the equally weighted mean of all five metric scores. Throughput is the mean of its three metrics; stability is the mean of the two inverted percentage metrics. Keep the same application, definitions, and window when tracking change over time.