Software Engineering Research Papers

DevEx: What Actually Drives Productivity

Focusing on the developer experience (DevEx) as a primary driver of organizational performance.

Flow and Friction

Using Logs Data to Identify When Software Engineers Experience Flow or Focused Work. Flow occurs during periods of focus; isolating focused work via logs can help measure productivity non-intrusively.

Developer Experience Measurement

• GSM Framework: Goals (Quality, Attention, Complexity, Velocity, Satisfaction), Signals, and Metrics.
• Quantitative vs. Qualitative: Quantitative metrics give scale, but only qualitative studies provide the narrative and context on why engineers make certain choices.
• Actionable Metrics: If no action will be taken based on a metric, there is no point in capturing it.