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How DX Core 4 aims to unify developer productivity frameworks
Can it bring together DORA, SPACE, and DevEx, to help inform diverse stakeholders?
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Why 70% of engineers avoid measuring lines of code
And four other key findings from the 2024 LeadDev Engineering Team Performance report.
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Performance season made easy with this proven strategy
Performance review seasons are tense times for managers and reports alike. Here’s a system to smooth the process over.
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Content sponsored by Logz.ioAn engineer’s guide to making sense of log data
Cloud native technologies have made it harder to understand how systems are behaving. Logs are the answer, but how do you make sense of them?
Editor’s picks
What McKinsey got wrong about developer productivity
The consulting giant kicked a hornet’s nest when it launched a framework to measure software developer productivity. Here’s what engineers think they got wrong.
Are DORA metrics right for your team?
DORA metrics can be a useful tool for tracking and improving performance. If you want the DORA 101 – look no further.
November 5, 2025
A unique one-day event for Heads, Directors, VPs and CTOs exploring core leadership challenges.
Essential reading
The Engineering Team Performance Report 2024
How do organizations measure their engineering team performance? We asked 900+ engineering leaders.
On our Reporting playlist
Make it count; A no-nonsense guide to engineering metrics for the busy leader
Gain practical insights on engineering metrics that help busy leaders prioritize effectively, address delivery challenges, and measure team performance to maximize impact and productivity.
Delivery metrics – the good, the bad and the utterly ridiculous
As an engineering team lead, I spent countless hours pouring over data points, spreadsheets, and graphs in search of the perfect set of metrics to measure our team’s success.
Don’t let metrics be a distraction
Setting and tracking metrics can be a tempting solution for many situations. In this talk, Jean Hsu covers a few common scenarios and how to integrate metrics with other approaches to get your desired results.
Metrics to measure developer experience
Tim will be exploring micro-feedback loops, taking a look at low level friction, how it can quickly compound to affect motivation and productivity.
Reporting effectively to the board
Accurately represent the impact of your org to senior stakeholders.
A festival of engineering leadership
London • June 16 & 17, 2025
More about Reporting
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Using success metrics to foster autonomy in engineering teams
How to use success criteria to set expectations and empower developers.
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Want to accelerate incident response? Empower customer service teams.
Great customer service requires alignment between CSOps and DevOps. Here’s how to bring them closer together.
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What is the business case for observability?
It’s time to get observability on your leadership’s radar. Here’s the business case for investing in observability tools.
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How to level up your reporting as an engineering director
A guide to building and delivering effective reports
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Five things you need to know about setting the right goals for engineering teams
A snapshot of our series, ‘Setting the right goals for your engineering teams’
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Leveling up your reporting as an engineering manager
How to give a clear and concise report on your team’s performance
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Five engineering KPIs to consider for your next board meeting
Using key performance indicators to communicate the state of your engineering org
Top Reporting videos
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Effective observability in microservice architectures
Lesley Cordero focuses on which observability practices and microservice architecture patterns align well and set microservice organizations up for success.
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Measuring success in your organization
A panel discussion at LeadDev Together 2021 featuring engineering leaders at the BBC.
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Metrics to measure developer experience
Tim will be exploring micro-feedback loops, taking a look at low level friction, how it can quickly compound to affect motivation and productivity.
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Metrics – a primer, to drive precision, speed, quality & impact
As managers or senior leaders, this talk will give you a primer for leveraging metrics for the objectives you seek, outcomes you desire, and the behaviors you want to incentivize or disincentivize within your engineering organization.
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Content sponsored by Honeycomb
Observability with actionable insights
You may have heard the hype; now see it in action. With Honeycomb, modern dev teams build and operate resilient, reliable systems because they can clearly understand them.
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Content sponsored by Moogsoft
Turning observability data into action
Reduce noise, conquer alert fatigue, and deliver a seamless customer experience with Moogsoft.
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Content sponsored by Instana
Instana’s approach to observability
This demo will cover Instana’s observability platform and automated Application Performance Monitoring (APM) solution, designed specifically for the challenges of managing microservice and cloud-native applications.
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Content sponsored by LinearB
Start your Engineering Metrics Program with LinearB
We’re going to show you the most important team-based metrics to track, how to identify workflow bottlenecks and proven tactics for improvement.