# Measuring Developer Experience - A Balanced Approach

DevFeed: [Measuring Developer Experience - A Balanced Approach](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/measuring-developer-experience-a-balanced-approach-39929.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/measuring-developer-experience-a-balanced-approach/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2023-08-05T06:00:00Z

Content type: tutorial

Language: en

Sources: [Tobias Mende](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/tobias-mende.md>)

Topics: [Developer experience](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-experience.md>), [code productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/code-productivity.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-productivity.md>), [retrospectives](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/retrospectives.md>)

Tags: [culture-developer-experience-developer-productivity-metrics-engineering-excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture-developer-experience-developer-productivity-metrics-engineering-excellence.md>), [developer-experience](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-experience.md>), [measuring](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/measuring.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [retrospectives](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/retrospectives.md>), [survey](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/survey.md>)

## AI overview

The article presents a balanced way to measure developer experience by combining quantitative and qualitative methods. It discusses surveys, eNPS, retrospectives, developer productivity metrics, turnover rates, and feedback channels, while noting that individual measures have limitations.

## Source excerpt

Measuring Developer Experience - A Balanced Approach Developer Experience is one of the most essential factors for high-performing teams and organizations. Thus, the obvious question is how to measure, assess and understand the status quo within your organization and team.