Digital Enterprise Journal (DEJ) is publishing a study on best practices for managing developer experience. The study is based on insights from more than 1,400 based technology and business professionals and is scheduled to publish in Q4 of 2024.

Some of the key takeaways of the study include:

1. “Fighting” their own tools and internal processes are the key reasons for declines in developer experience.

2. Developer experience goes well beyond improving productivity and reducing friction, as developers are becoming increasingly interested about their impact on business outcomes.

3. Reducing operational tasks and enabling developers to have a full-service ownership should be one of the goals for improving developer experience.

4. Eliminating obstacles to improving velocity is the key goal for majority of organization, but organizations also need to find the right balance between speed of releases and reliability and user experience.

5. Monitoring and ensuring optimal performance of digital services is critical and needs to be adjusted to dev workflows.

6. Simplifying developers’ work and reducing the amount of technical expertise required is one of the key requirements.

7. Ensuring optimal developer experience is an ongoing process and requires a strategic, measured approach and timely adjustments to change.

8. Bringing everyone together is a key for developer experience. That requires strong collaboration capabilities, developer portals, data and knowledge management capabilities, etc.

For access to the key findings, see the presentation below.