Measuring Engineering Productivity and Improving Team Performance

Bryan Finster is a Distinguished Engineer at Defense Unicorns and a relentless searcher for better ways of working – not by following prescribed frameworks but by gaining situational awareness and recognizing specific contextual improvements. We discussed a topic that stirred an otherwise dull summer – McKinsey’s report on measuring developer productivity.

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This interview is featured in 0800-DEVOPS #53 - Measuring developer productivity with Bryan Finster.

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Introduction

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McKinsey report on measuring developer productivity

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DORA metrics

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Using and abusing DORA metrics

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Abusing metrics

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Improving the organization

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Tips on taking metrics

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Following recommendations

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