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The 2025 DORA Report

State of AI-assisted software development
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The 2025 DORA Report

AI is rapidly reshaping what’s possible in software engineering. Organizations are harnessing AI to accelerate delivery cycles, unlock new levels of productivity and empower teams to focus on high-value innovation.

The 2025 DORA report captures this momentum. Companies adopting AI are realizing gains in individual effectiveness, throughput, quality and overall performance. The findings reinforce a simple truth: organisations that see real returns from AI start by rebuilding the systems, platforms, and workflows AI depends on.

 

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"The real value of an engineer is no longer just in writing code. It's in prompt engineering, solution architecture and validating AI-generated outputs. When an organization’s structure and processes don’t support this shift, AI simply becomes a faster way to create chaos.

 

This is why Thoughtworks focuses on rebuilding the core of software delivery before scaling AI across teams and products.''

 

Chris Westerhold, Thoughtworks’ Global Practice Director of Engineering Excellence

Key insights

AI is an amplifier, not a fix


AI amplifies existing strengths and weaknesses. The strongest results come from rebuilding core systems and platforms so AI can operate safely, effectively and at scale.

 

Platform engineering is the AI foundation
 

Quality internal platforms are the essential foundation for AI success, significantly boosting organizational performance. 

 

Systemic practices unlock AI value


Successful AI adoption demands fixing the system, with user-centric focus critical to amplify the benefits of AI — and prevent a negative impact on team performance.

Speed increases, but instability persists


AI adoption is universal, boosting individual effectiveness and delivery speed. However, it still correlates with higher instability, proving that systems must adapt.

 

 

Turning insight into action 

 

The 2025 DORA Report shows that AI success depends less on individual tools and more on the systems, platforms and workflows they operate within.

 

At Thoughtworks, we describe this as AI that works: rebuilding core platforms, rewiring workflows for agents, and reimagining how teams deliver value, so AI can create sustained value, not just short-term acceleration.

 

Watch our recent on-demand event for a deep dive into the report's findings

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An engineering leadership perspective

Chris Westerhold points out that while individual productivity soars, AI also exposes instability in weak systems. Sustainable success requires treating AI as an organizational transformation. He argues the solution is building a strong engineering foundation centered on platform engineering and prioritizing developer experience.

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