This global research report examines how AI is reshaping software development practices and outcomes. Based on survey data from nearly 5,000 professionals, it finds that AI adoption is now widespread but acts primarily as an amplifier of existing organizational strengths and weaknesses. The report introduces the DORA AI Capabilities Model, highlighting foundations such as platform engineering, data health and workflow clarity as prerequisites for success. It identifies seven team performance archetypes and shows how value stream management helps translate local AI productivity gains into system-wide impact. The report concludes that effective AI adoption is a systems challenge, not a tooling one.

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