2022 State Of DevOps Report Data Deep Dive: Documentation Is Like Sunshine
Google News, Thursday, June 15,2023
Every year, Google Cloud's DevOps Research and Assessment (DORA) team seeks to gain a better understanding of the software delivery and organizational performance through the annual Accelerate State of DevOps reports
Internal documentation is a fundamental part of software development. For the past two years, the DORA team has looked at the quality of internal documentation. From our analysis, we've found a clear link between documentation quality and organizational performance - the organization's ability to meet their performance and profitability goals. Just like a plant needs water and sunshine to thrive, an organization with good technical practices and documentation is significantly more likely to meet or exceed their performance goals.