DORA’s 2025 research on the impact of AI

About this episode

Nathen Harvey discusses the impact of AI on software delivery metrics and team dynamics with host Laura Tacho.

Nathen Harvey leads research at DORA, focused on how teams measure and improve software delivery. In today’s episode of Engineering Enablement, Nathen sits down with host Laura Tacho to explore how AI is changing the way teams think about productivity, quality, and performance. Together, they examine findings from the 2025 DORA research on AI-assisted software development and DX’s Q4 AI Impact report, comparing where the data aligns and where important gaps emerge. They discuss why relying on traditional delivery metrics can give leaders a false sense of confidence and why AI acts as an amplifier, accelerating healthy systems while intensifying existing friction and failure. The conversation focuses on how AI is reshaping engineering systems themselves. Rather than treating AI as a standalone tool, they explore how it changes workflows, feedback loops, team dynamics, and organizational decision-making, and why leaders need better system-level visibility to understand its real impact. Where to find Nathen Harvey: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nathen Where to find Laura Tacho: • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauratacho/ • X: https://x.com/rhein_wein • Website…

People in this episode

Host: Laura Tacho

Guest: Nathen Harvey

Topics covered

• AI in software development
• DORA metrics
• productivity
• quality
• performance
• engineering systems
• team dynamics

Keywords

• AI impact
• software delivery
• DORA research
• engineering performance
• productivity metrics
• team dynamics
• feedback loops

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Organizations: DORA, DX, LinkedIn, Website

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