D2DO272: The Physics of DevOps
aka, how do you measure something folks can't even agree on a definition for?
Day Two DevOps
Ned Bellavance and I on Day Two DevOps host brilliant and effusive engineers who share their lessons learned from large, impactful projects. Come soak up all the hard lessons they learned through building big stuff (and sometimes destroying big stuff), all for the low low cost of totally free.
Summary
How do you measure developer performance and productivity? On today’s Day Two DevOps, we look at different methods with guest Laura Tacho, the CTO at DX. We explore industry benchmarks such as the DORA report, SPACE, and DevEx. Laura also introduces us to Core 4, a project she’s been working on that provides a new framework for measuring developer productivity and to support decision making within an organization. We also talk about how AI is shifting cognitive load to senior developers.
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Episode Links:
The State of DevOps report: Are you a software leader? – Google
2024 DORA Report – LinkedIn
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Thanks all! Good luck out there.
kyler