Measuring Developer Productivity in Real Life - PlatformCon 2024

Dive into a 51-minute conference talk from PlatformCon 2024 exploring the real-world challenges and solutions for measuring developer productivity. Learn from industry experts as they discuss the importance of metrics in engineering, addressing developer skepticism towards productivity measurements. Discover effective strategies for evaluating the impact of tooling, processes, and company culture on the developer experience (DevEx). Explore the balance between quantitative and qualitative metrics, methods for measuring business impact and cognitive load, and approaches to assess platform strategy maturity. Gain insights from a distinguished panel featuring leaders from Netflix, Spotify, GitHub, DX, and Syntasso as they share their experiences implementing a Platform-as-a-Product mindset. Hosted by The New Stack's Jennifer Riggins, this epic discussion provides valuable knowledge for those seeking to enhance developer productivity and platform engineering practices.