Refactoring Podcast Engineering Productivity and Developer Experience 📊 — with Laura Tacho (DX)
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May 2, 2024 Laura Tacho, CTO at DX, discusses measuring engineering productivity, finding value metrics, easing pressure, DevEx framework, empowering DevEx in business, responsibilities ownership, and DevEx integration patterns.
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Developer Productivity Boosts Business
- Developer productivity directly benefits business outcomes and improves engineering team wellbeing.
- This alignment is research-backed, showing that optimizing developer experience helps organizations succeed.
Choose Metrics Based On Needs
- Start with Dora metrics to get familiar but don't confuse them with developer productivity metrics.
- Consider using DevEx for practical improvements or SPACE for deep metric understanding.
Include Human Experience in DevEx
- Developer experience includes how engineers feel about their work, not just technical metrics.
- Including human feedback is essential to avoid a surveillance-like environment.