Engineering Enablement by Abi Noda DX Core 4: 2024 benchmarks
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Jan 8, 2025 Explore the 2024 DX Core 4 benchmarks that shed light on engineering productivity across 500+ companies. Discover how the Developer Experience Index serves as a crucial metric for evaluating performance. Insights reveal intriguing differences in PR throughput between tech and non-tech firms. Delve into the unique challenges of mobile engineering, where innovation often trumps maintenance. Understand factors behind change failure rates and why benchmarking data is essential for better decision-making. Set aspirational performance benchmarks to drive your team's success!
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PR Throughput by Industry
- Tech companies generally merge more pull requests per week than non-tech companies.
- High performers, like tech startups, achieve significantly higher throughput, indicating substantial output differences.
Developer Experience and Speed
- Developer experience is directly related to how quickly work gets done.
- Small tech companies, with better developer experiences, close more pull requests per week.
Startup DX Variance
- There's high variance in the developer experience index within tech startups.
- Some startups are highly effective, while others struggle significantly, even within the same segment.