The developer productivity metrics you should measure.
This next metric is an important one.
Developer sentiment
Now…
This isn’t some touchy-feely nonsense metric. Developer sentiment is far more than that.
It is a measure of how satisfied and productive a developer feels they are.
There are many facets to developer sentiment, here are a few:
- ease of workflow
- confidence in quality
- ease of testing
- tech debt pain
- predictability
- trust in action
These are all incredibly valuable to measure and will shed a bright light on your developer experience efforts.
A simple and well-designed developer survey can provide these insights.
This is a more nuanced metric that will show you more than DORA can alone.
But it will open a lot more opportunities to improve your engineering organization.
Best,
Andre