Anu Bharadwaj
How Sparking Developer Joy Unlocks Developer Productivity
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Developer joy is the true source of productivity
Atlassian believes that fostering developer joy and the state of flow is the key to unlocking developer productivity and creating better software.
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Measuring developer productivity reveals a satisfaction problem
A simple survey asking developers how productive they feel revealed a satisfaction score of less than 50%, signaling a major internal issue.
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Identifying the root causes of developer friction
Rapid company growth introduced friction, a perceived lack of autonomy, and a fear of breaking things, which eroded developer satisfaction.
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A three-part framework to improve developer experience
The solution involved a three-part framework focused on providing awesome tools, empowering teams, and fostering an amazing engineering culture.
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Providing awesome tools and an open toolchain
Giving developers choice in their tools, building platforms like Compass for microservices, and embracing AI helps reduce friction in their daily work.
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Empowering teams to solve their own productivity blockers
Giving teams the autonomy and time to fix their own nagging issues and introduce automation leads to significant, compounding improvements.
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Building an engineering culture for distributed teams
Atlassian's "Team Anywhere" policy required a shift to a strong writing culture and asynchronous communication to support a fully distributed workforce.
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Making developer productivity a transparent company-wide goal
The initiative resulted in a 20% increase in developer satisfaction and was formalized with company-level OKRs to ensure continued focus.
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Developer productivity is an infinite game of continuous improvement
Improving developer productivity is not a finite project but a continuous lifestyle change, similar to maintaining physical health.
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