Improving Software Developer Experience
How are software engineering leaders improving developer experience in their organizations? Find out which steps have been most successful.
One minute insights:
Most respondents are actively trying to improve software developer experience
Automating tasks is a common step toward improving developer experience
Leaders have successfully improved developer experience by introducing automation and building a more collaborative culture
Most respondents are actively trying to improve software developer experience
89% of all respondent organizations (n = 125) are taking steps to improve software developer experience.
Question: What are your final thoughts on measuring and improving software developer experience?
Developer experience should and can be constantly improved. Our organization constantly takes steps to find new and better tools and takes developer feedback to determine what we should be using.
Automating tasks is a common step toward improving developer experience
More than half of respondent organizations that are taking steps to improve developer experience (n = 111) are turning to automation of repetitive tasks (62%) as a potential solution.
Automation and collaborative culture have improved developer experience
45% of respondents at organizations pursuing better developer experience (n = 111) say automating repetitive tasks has proven to be one of the most effective steps to achieve this.
In their own words...
This can be diicult for organizations with small development teams to invest in. However, I think it is important for organizations of all sizes to work on improving [developer experience (DX)] — but this means that companies oering DX services need to have tools that fit within small organizational budgets when needed.
Automation of repetitive tasks and adopting new GenAI technologies will surely help.
Let the developer use the tools that make them the most productive; don’t force them to use what the company thinks will make them productive. They are all different and all have different needs.