- DRIVE is a framework for assessing engineering organizational health across five pillars: Delivery, Reliability, Initiatives, Vigilance, and Efficiency.
- AI is accelerating software development but outpacing organizational controls, requiring a framework like DRIVE to maintain stability and sustainability.
- The framework measures whether an organization can sustainably turn customer needs into reliable software, addressing bottlenecks beyond just code writing.
- DRIVE includes metrics such as deploy frequency, functional SLO status, initiative milestone completion, security vulnerabilities, and resource allocation efficiency.
- The Operational Excellence review is a recurring leadership practice that uses DRIVE metrics to reallocate resources and close gaps, adapting as organizations grow.