Oct 15, 2023

This week host Sam Hogarth convened a panel to discuss the recent McKinsey piece on measuring software developer productivity.  It this typical consultant speak, or is there something to be said about this argument?  Listen in and find out! Enjoy!

Resources referenced in the discussion:

• McKinsey - Yes, you can measure software developer productivity

• Gergely Orosz & Kent Beck - Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey (Pt 1)

• Gergely Orosz & Kent Beck - Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey (Pt 2 - Gergely's Version)

• Gergely Orosz & Kent Beck - Measuring developer productivity? A response to McKinsey (Pt 2 - Kent's Version)

• Kent’s LinkedIn posts

• “Absurd and naive”

• “ignored whether the patient got better.”

• Align incentives, encourage relationships, shorten & sharpen feedback loops

• DORA

• SPACE

• Vitaly Gordon - McKinsey is talking about developer productivity and that’s a good thing

• Dave Farley’s response

• Dan Terhost-North - The Worst Programmer I Know

• Charity Majors - Can Engineering Productivity Be Measured?

• Nicole Forsgren - How to measure and improve developer productivity

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