Measuring Developers’ Jobs-to-Be-Done

Metadata

  • Author: Abi Noda
  • Full Title: Measuring Developers’ Jobs-to-Be-Done
  • Category:articles
  • Summary: This newsletter discusses a new approach by Google to measure developer productivity by focusing on their goals instead of just tasks. Researchers identified 30 key developer goals and created a measurement system that combines system data with survey feedback to improve internal tools. This shift helps teams understand how to better support developers in achieving their objectives.
  • URL: https://newsletter.getdx.com/p/measuring-developers-jobs-to-be-done

Highlights

  • To get a deeper understanding, Google combines this system-based data with survey data that captures how well supported they feel for each one of the 30 identified goals. (View Highlight)
  • developer experience surveys tend to surface the problem areas that developers face, but internal tooling teams need more specific answers about the impact their tools are having and what can be improved. (View Highlight)