[Best of 2023] #134 - A Developer-Centric Approach to Measuring and Improving Productivity - Margaret-Anne Storey & Abi Noda

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“The three core dimensions of developer experience are feedback loops, cognitive load, and flow state."

Today's clip is from Tech Lead Journal episode 134 with Margaret-Anne (Peggy) Storey and Abi Noda, the coauthors of the ACM paper “DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity”.

In this clip, they shared their view on the well-known SPACE and DORA metrics, and pointed out the danger of misusing and abusing the DORA metrics. Peggy and Abi then explained the three core dimensions of developer experience from their latest paper, which are feedback loops, cognitive load, and flow state.

Listen out for:

• SPACE & DORA Metrics - [00:00:26]
• Misuse and Abuse of DORA Metrics - [00:05:43]
• New Developer Experience Paper - [00:09:20]
• Developer Experience - [00:11:46]
• 3 Core Dimensions - [00:15:03]

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Margaret-Anne Storey’s Bio
Margaret-Anne (Peggy) Storey is a professor of computer science at the University of Victoria and holds a Canada Research Chair in human and social aspects of software engineering. Her research focuses on improving processes, tools, communication, and collaboration in software engineering. She serves as chief scientist at DX and consults with Microsoft to improve developer productivity.

Abi Noda’s Bio
Abi Noda is the founder and CEO at DX, where he leads the company’s strategic direction and R&D efforts. His work focuses on developing measurement methods to help organizations improve developer experience and productivity. Before joining DX, Noda held engineering leadership roles at various companies and founded Pull Panda, which was acquired by GitHub in 2019. For more information, visit his website at abinoda.com.

Follow Margaret:

• LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/margaret-anne-storey-8419462/
• Twitter – @margaretstorey

Follow Abi:

• LinkedIn – linkedin.com/in/abinoda/
• Twitter – @abinoda
• Newsletter – newsletter.abinoda.com

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