Developer Productivity Metrics
In this episode of DPE Showdown, we discuss one of the most in-demand topics from last year’s DPE Summit—How do you capture actionable insights and metrics across a large software organization? We’ll chat with DPE/DevEx experts from DX, Microsoft, Spotify, and Uber about what metrics have the highest-impact DPE outcomes across thousands of source repositories and developers. Join the showdown to watch DPE experts discuss and debate this hot topic in a live game show format.
Meet the speakers
Sourabh
Shirhatti
Sr. Project Manager
Sourabh Shirhatti is a Senior Product Manager who works on the Developer Platform Team at Uber. He’s passionate about building developer tools and improving developer experiences. Prior to Uber, he worked on Developer Tools at Microsoft.
Helen
Greul
Head of Engineering for Backstage
Helen is the head of engineering for the Spotify Backstage team. She was one of the first two engineers working on the Spotify Backstage project. Formerly Helen was on the engineering team who brought Podcasts to Spotify. Helen’s team also manages Backstage webcasts and BackstageCon.
Brian
Houck
Principal Applied Scientist
Brian Houck is an Applied Scientist entirely focused on improving the wellbeing and productivity of Microsoft’s developers. He conducts research into the tooling, processes, and cultural dynamics that influence developer experiences, and drives interventions to remove pain points and improve the daily lives of developers.
Abi
Noda
CEO & Co-Founder
Abi Noda is a programmer, researcher, and entrepreneur focused on helping leaders measure and improve developer productivity. He is currently the CEO of DX, a developer insights platform focused on developer experience. In addition to DX, Abi runs the Engineering Enablement newsletter and podcast, covering the latest methods and research on developer productivity. Prior to DX, Abi held CTO roles at several companies and was the founder and CEO of Pull Panda, which was acquired by GitHub in 2019.
Rooz
Mohazzabi
VP of Strategic Accounts
Rooz has been a part of the Develocity customer support team helping large Android apps with their shipping-software-at-scale challenges. Rooz is also one of the co-organizers of the San Francisco Android GDG, DPE Summit, and the host of DevProdEng (DPE) Showdown.
- What are the top-level metrics for developer delight?
- What’s the most surprising thing you’ve learned about DPE?
- How do you measure the impact of AI on DPE?
- How do you justify the value of DPE/DevEx to executive leadership?
- At what team size does it pay off to start focusing on DevEx/productivity?
- DORA vs. SPACE vs. DX vs. something else—how do you know what’s right for your organization?
- What’s the right balance between a qualitative vs. quantitative approach?
- How do you get application teams to take action on and prioritize DPE metrics and reports?
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