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At our first Bridges Summit, we brought together thought leaders from research and software industry communities to reframe “Developer Productivity”, to clarify the vision of what we are truly aiming for, and create new possibilities for getting there.   We kicked off the event with an opening keynote panel discussion on the problems and constraints of our real world, featuring thought leaders across research and industry: From industry:  Kent Beck, Dave Thomas, Dormain Drewi

As a follow up to our first article on Bridges Summit, that captures key insights from software industry and research community discussions, this article expands on the topic to focus on the challenges of achieving Software Excellence.  At our first Bridges Summit, we brought together thought leaders from research and software industry communities to explore a bold question: Is developer productivity really the right goal?  In a collaborative discussion, community members ga

With the shift in recent years to a world of working remotely, conversations around metrics and developer productivity have sparked a lot of heated debate.   On August 17, 2023, McKinsey published an article claiming they could measure productivity [1] , and a number of industry thought leaders had strong responses of concern in their tech blogs [2] .  When humans measure themselves primarily under a productivity-centric lens, it can lead to the adoption of suboptimal polici