1、State of AI-assisted Software Development2025Platinum sponsorsPremier research partnerResearch partnersGold sponsorsContents03Executive summary08Foreword 11Understanding your software delivery performance23AI adoption and use33Exploring AIs relationship to key outcomes49DORA AI Capabilities Model65P

2、latform engineering73Value stream management79The AI mirror:How AI reflects and amplifies your organizations true capabilities89Metrics frameworks95Final thoughts:From insight to action97Acknowledgements99Authors103Demographics and firmographics113Methodology131Our research model and its theory137Ne

3、xt steps138AppendixContents2v.2025.1In 2025,the central question for technology leaders is no longer if they should adopt AI,but how to realize its value.DORAs research includes more than 100 hours of qualitative data and survey responses from nearly 5,000 technology professionals from around the wo

4、rld.1 The research reveals a critical truth:AIs primary role in software development is that of an amplifier.It magnifies the strengths of high-performing organizations and the dysfunctions of struggling ones.Executive summaryThe greatest returns on AI investment come not from the tools themselves,b

5、ut from a strategic focus on the underlying organizational system:the quality of the internal platform,the clarity of workflows,and the alignment of teams.Without this foundation,AI creates localized pockets of productivity that are often lost to downstream chaos.Key takeaway:AI is an amplifierExecu

6、tive summary3v.2025.1Executive summaryDrawing on qualitative data and a global survey conducted between June 13 and July 21,2025,this report uncovers several key findings on the state of AI-assisted software development,including:AI adoption has become nearly universal.The majority of survey respond