# Culture, Developer-Productivity, Engineering-Leadership, Leadership, Metrics, Engineering-Excellence

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## Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity -- Part 2

DevFeed: [Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity -- Part 2](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/why-we-need-to-stop-measuring-developer-productivity-part-2-39961.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://mende.io/blog/why-we-need-to-stop-measuring-developer-productivity-part-2/>)

Author: tobi@techunicorn.builders (Tobias Mende)

Published: 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

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

Topics: [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/developer-productivity.md>), [Software Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software-engineering.md>), [dora metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/dora-metrics.md>), [lead time](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/lead-time.md>)

Tags: [culture-developer-productivity-engineering-leadership-leadership-metrics-engineering-excellence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/culture-developer-productivity-engineering-leadership-leadership-metrics-engineering-excellence.md>), [developer](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer.md>), [developer-productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developer-productivity.md>), [dora-metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/dora-metrics.md>), [metrics](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/metrics.md>), [productivity](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/productivity.md>), [software-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software-engineering.md>)

### AI overview

This second part of an article argues that developer productivity cannot be measured directly because software output and business value are difficult to measure and may emerge with delays. It says teams can use metrics such as DORA Metrics as proxies for understanding engineering performance, but these metrics should not be used by management to measure individual or team productivity.

### Source excerpt

Why We Need to Stop Measuring (Developer) Productivity -- Part 2 This is part two of my article on measuring developer productivity. In part one, we discussed the dangers of measuring productivity in general and why the need for productivity metrics for management and leadership is based on flawed assumptions.