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DevEX: What Actually Drives Productivity?

By Abi Noda, Margaret-Anne Storey, Nicole Forsgren, Michaela Greiler
Communications of the ACM, November 2023, Vol. 66 No. 11, Pages 44-49
10.1145/3610285
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Engineering leaders have long sought to improve the productivity of their developers, but knowing how to measure or even define developer productivity has remained elusive.⁵ Past approaches, such as measuring the output of developers or the time it takes them to complete tasks, have failed to account for the complex and diverse activities that developers perform. Thus, the question remains: What should leaders measure and examine to improve developer productivity?

Today, many organizations are finding a new developer-centric approach focused on developer experience (also known as DevEx) unlocks valuable insights and opportunities. Gartner Inc. reports that 78% of surveyed organizations have a formal DevEx initiative either established or planned.⁷ Accordingly, there has been a continued rise in dedicated DevEx and platform teams being formed to help improve developer experience within their organizations.

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