Engineering Enablement by DX A better way to measure developer productivity | A special episode with Laura Tacho and Abi Noda
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May 16, 2023 
Why do popular engineering metrics often miss the real story? Laura Tacho and Abi Noda explore the limits of DORA and SPACE, then unpack a fresh approach to developer experience centered on flow, feedback loops, and cognitive load. They also discuss pairing workflow data with developers’ own perspectives, plus practical ways organizations of every size can measure what matters.
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GitPrime Ineffectiveness
- Laura Tacho introduced GitPrime (Pluralsight Flow) to a large engineering team but found it ineffective.
- The tool didn't pinpoint problems; engineers readily identified code review wait times as a bottleneck.
Engineering Metrics Trend
- Engineering metrics are trending as organizations seek to optimize large engineering budgets and gain transparency.
- This trend arises from a need to understand and optimize spending in a historically opaque department.
Defining DevEx
- Developer experience (DevEx) is defined as how developers think, feel, and value their work.
- It's a developer-centric approach to understanding and improving developer productivity, focusing on their lived experience.