Metrics that matter: How to prove the business value of DevEx

Source: Red Hat Blog

Overview

Developer experience (DevEx) is often dismissed as a “soft” cultural metric. But I can prove to you that DevEx is a reliable predictor of whether your developer platform will actually deliver business value.

I’ve noticed a recurring pattern where companies invest millions in a state‑of‑the‑art container platform or cloud infrastructure, only to find their delivery speed hasn’t budged. This is the “empty cluster problem.” It happens because the focus was entirely on the infrastructure and not on the interface between that infrastructure and the people using it.

The growth advantage

When you …