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Developer Experience Measurement Template

Free developer experience template for measuring and improving internal DevEx. Includes survey instruments, SPACE framework metrics, friction logs, and...

Updated 2026-03-05
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Frequently Asked Questions

How often should we run DevEx surveys?+
Quarterly is the standard cadence. More frequent surveys cause fatigue and do not give you enough time to act on feedback between cycles. Less frequent surveys miss emerging issues. If you are making a major infrastructure change, add a targeted pulse survey (3-5 questions) one month after the change. For designing effective surveys, see the [survey design template](/templates/survey-design-template).
What is a good developer satisfaction score?+
On a 1-10 scale, scores above 7.5 indicate a healthy engineering environment. Scores between 5-7 suggest meaningful friction that is tolerable but reducing productivity. Scores below 5 indicate systemic issues that are likely causing attrition. Compare your scores to the industry benchmarks published in the annual DORA State of DevOps Report.
Should platform teams use OKRs for DevEx improvement?+
Yes. Platform teams benefit from outcome-based goals tied to DevEx metrics rather than output-based goals like "ship X features." An example OKR: "Reduce P50 CI pipeline duration from 18 minutes to 10 minutes (measured via GitHub Actions data)." The [OKR template](/templates/okr-template) provides a structured format for setting these goals.
How do friction logs differ from bug reports?+
Bug reports describe broken functionality. Friction logs capture anything that slows an engineer down, including things that work as designed but are confusing, slow, or require unnecessary steps. A CI pipeline that takes 18 minutes is not a bug, but it is friction. Friction logs reveal the "death by a thousand cuts" problems that never make it into a bug tracker.

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