September 07, 2023

#84 - Abi Noda // Co-Creator of the DevEx Metrics Framework

51 minutes

DX: The Developer Metrics that Unlock Developer Productivity

Find out the best way to measure Developer Experience 🧑‍💻in a way that truly enables ⚡ your developers (i.e. Developer Productivity) in this CTO podcast with Abi Noda - co-creator of the DevEx Framework and founder of Pull Panda. For years Abi has been on a quest to discover what developer metrics are the key to happier and more productive developers. He tried PR Analytics (he created Pull Panda🐼 - acquired by GitHub) and DORA, before teaming up with other Developer Productivity researchers 🧑‍🔬 to create a new framework which focuses on improving developer experience (DevEx) to improve productivity.

Listen to find out:

Why do companies measure Developer Productivity? 🤷(from both CTO and developer perspective)

How to survey your developers? (Sampling, Frequency and Length)📝

How DORA is done wrong in most companies

Why he prefers bootstrapping -🥾 but got a unique type of funding for his 4th company.

Listen here

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 Introduction

05:09 His Bootstrapping Inspiration

06:29 When investment is good

09:07 Why measure developer productivity?

13:28 Pull Analytics Approach

16:47 How it backfired at GitHub

17:13 Companies Misuse of Data

19:01 Why DORA didn’t work

20:40 'Shiny New Object Syndrome'

22:10 The right and wrong way to do DORA

24:39 How Developer Metrics have Evolved

33:28 Small Teams and Measuring DX

34:32 Measuring DX in larger companies

36:09 Creating a survey (frequency, length, and sampling)

41:21 Honesty in survey responses

43:48 Tips for getting started

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