{"id":733597,"date":"2021-03-31T12:38:08","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T19:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/?post_type=msr-group&#038;p=733597"},"modified":"2024-01-05T16:21:03","modified_gmt":"2024-01-06T00:21:03","slug":"developer-experience-lab","status":"publish","type":"msr-group","link":"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/group\/developer-experience-lab\/","title":{"rendered":"Developer Experience Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"mb-3 moray-highlight\">\n\t<div class=\"card-img-overlay mx-lg-0\">\n\t\t<div class=\"card-background  has-background- card-background--full-bleed\">\n\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"720\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full\" alt=\"Developer Experience Lab - rainbow header\" style=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720-1600x600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_header_1920x720-240x90.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<!-- Foreground -->\n\t\t<div class=\"card-foreground d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 px-g px-lg-0\">\n\t\t\t<!-- Container -->\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container d-flex mt-md-n5 my-lg-5 align-self-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<!-- Card wrapper -->\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"w-100 w-lg-col-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Card -->\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card material-md-card py-5 px-md-5\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"card-body \">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading h2\" id=\"developer-experience-lab\">Developer Experience Lab<\/h1>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:32px; padding-top:32px\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section alignfull row wp-block-msr-immersive-section theme-dark\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-video  has-vertical-padding-none  has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile is-style-spectrum is-style-spectrum-border is-style-offset-media--top is-style-offset-media--offset-\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"reimaging-developer-productivity\">Reimaging developer productivity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Measuring developer productivity can be challenging \u2013 there are many factors to consider beyond traditional activity-related metrics. Together, Microsoft and GitHub have created a more holistic way of measuring developer productivity that considers additional criterion like developer well-being and community.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media video-wrapper\"><iframe class=\"media-text__video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/RYcJWKW-yn4?enablejsapi=1&rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/figure><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:64px; padding-top:64px\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section alignfull row wp-block-msr-immersive-section theme-dark\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" id=\"what-we-do\">What we do<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Developer Experience Lab\u2019s (DevExLab) mission is to discover, improve, and amplify developer work and well-being. We do this through socio-technical investigations in the following focus areas:<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"productivity\">Productivity<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-000000-background-color\">Investigate ways to measure and improve developer productivity so we can help developers do their work better, faster, smarter, and more securely. This includes investigations of low-code, no-code, and work at the intersection of code and ML and AI.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"community\">Community<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Study the ways that people communicate, collaborate, share knowledge, and build communities when they build software. An important aspect of this is making all kinds of software development more accessible, inclusive, and sustainable.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"well-being\">Well-being<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Investigate the intersections of happiness, satisfaction, and personal value with software development activities so we can find ways to make development more fun, enjoyable, and sustainable for individuals.<br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"860\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient.png\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__background-image\" alt=\"Developer Experience Lab - black starry background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient.png 2000w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient-300x161.png 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient-1024x550.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient-768x413.png 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient-1536x826.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/05\/Dev-Exp-Lab_Services_starry-bkgd-dark-gradient-240x129.png 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:32px; padding-top:32px\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section alignfull row has-background has-orange-50-background-color has-text-color has-black-color wp-block-msr-immersive-section\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__wrapper col-lg-11 col-xl-9 px-0 m-auto\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>DevExLab is a diverse set of investigators spanning across GitHub and Microsoft, and our investigations often include communities that span developers building products in open source, the enterprise, and emerging areas.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:25%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600.jpg\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__background-image\" alt=\"Developer Experience Lab - rainbow background\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600.jpg 1600w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600-1024x384.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600-768x288.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600-1536x576.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/en-us\/research\/uploads\/prod\/2023\/04\/Dev-Exp-Lab_believe-rainbow-bkgd_1600x600-240x90.jpg 240w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1600px) 100vw, 1600px\" \/><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"padding-bottom:32px; padding-top:32px\" class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section alignfull row wp-block-msr-immersive-section theme-dark\">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-msr-immersive-section__wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-media-text has-video  has-vertical-margin-small  has-vertical-padding-none  has-media-on-the-right is-stacked-on-mobile\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\"><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\" data-bi-an=\"media-text\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"the-space-of-developer-productivity-there-s-more-to-it-than-you-think\">The SPACE of Developer Productivity: There\u2019s more to it than you think<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Dr. Nicole Forsgren presents a deep dive into the SPACE framework, five dimensions of software development that provides a more complete picture of productivity and well-being.<\/p>\n<\/div><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media video-wrapper\"><iframe class=\"media-text__video\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/t7SXM7njKXw?enablejsapi=1&rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; 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