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Stanford Research: Measuring Software Engineering Productivity

Stanford Research: Measuring Software Engineering Productivity

Effective decision-making in software organizations relies on good data: you can’t improve what you don’t measure.

Effective decision-making in software organizations relies on good data: you can’t improve what you don’t measure.

Introduction
At the DPE Conference, I presented a Stanford research approach to measuring software engineering productivity. Organizations need reliable data, but common productivity metrics can be misleading and may encourage counterproductive behavior.


The DPE Conference

The Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) Conference focuses on methods and tools that improve developer productivity, performance, and well-being. It brings together practitioners working on developer experience, build and test optimization, continuous integration, and better ways to understand engineering work.

The 2024 conference featured:

  • Two days of intensive learning with 37 sessions from industry leaders and pioneers in developer productivity.

  • Speakers from top tech companies such as Airbnb, LinkedIn, Uber, and others, sharing insights on cutting-edge tools and practices that fuel high-performing engineering teams.

  • Practical sessions addressing critical areas in software productivity, from build and test optimization to developer experience and tooling for continuous integration and deployment.

Introduction
At the DPE Conference, I presented a Stanford research approach to measuring software engineering productivity. Organizations need reliable data, but common productivity metrics can be misleading and may encourage counterproductive behavior.


The DPE Conference

The Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE) Conference focuses on methods and tools that improve developer productivity, performance, and well-being. It brings together practitioners working on developer experience, build and test optimization, continuous integration, and better ways to understand engineering work.

The 2024 conference featured:

  • Two days of intensive learning with 37 sessions from industry leaders and pioneers in developer productivity.

  • Speakers from top tech companies such as Airbnb, LinkedIn, Uber, and others, sharing insights on cutting-edge tools and practices that fuel high-performing engineering teams.

  • Practical sessions addressing critical areas in software productivity, from build and test optimization to developer experience and tooling for continuous integration and deployment.