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In today\u2019s environment, software development excellence is becoming even more critical for business success. Over the past few months, we\u2019ve seen organizations realize that their future success depends on taking advantage of technology to rethink business models, innovate, and improve processes to better serve employees and customers. The reality is many companies across different industries are becoming software companies. According to a recent study by McKinsey & Company: Developer Velocity: How software excellence fuels business performance<\/a>, there are currently over 20 million software engineers worldwide, and over 50 percent of these developers are working at organizations outside of the tech industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The most successful organizations understand that transforming into software companies cannot be achieved solely through the introduction of new technologies; rather, it requires a deep focus on supporting the people who will catalyze change and create the new value they seek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this same study, McKinsey concluded that business leaders need to empower the people behind software development \u2013 the developers \u2013 to unlock their productivity and innovation, in what the industry has started referring to as Developer Velocity<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Developer Velocity?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Developer Velocity means driving business performance through software development by empowering developers, creating the right environment for them to innovate, and removing points of friction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developer Velocity isn\u2019t just about increasing speed of software delivery but it\u2019s also about unleashing developer ingenuity \u2013 turning developer teams\u2019 ideas into software that supports the needs of your customers and the goals of your business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Unleashing the potential and talent of developer teams, the day-to-day developer experience, and keeping software talent happy and motivated drive software success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We often hear from software leaders that the set of potential levers to improve performance are so large and diverse \u2013 that it is often unclear how to prioritize or where to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To lead to a precise understanding of what it takes for a company to increase Developer Velocity, in this same study, McKinsey conducted a comprehensive review of software development practices included technology, working practices, and organizational enablement and converged on a single holistic metric \u2013 \u201cDeveloper Velocity Index\u201d or the DVI score.  The Developer Velocity Index (DVI) score takes into account 46 different drivers across 13 capability areas (exhibit).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Developer<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Some of the key striking findings from this study point out that companies with a higher Developer Velocity Index (DVI) score outperform revenue growth up to five times that of their competitors and they score 55 percent higher on innovation. Those organizations also surpass their peers on other key business performance indicators such as customer satisfaction, brand perception, and talent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The study also concluded that from all the different drivers across the different dimensions, the top four drivers of Developer Velocity include best-in-class tools, product management capabilities, culture, and talent management.  Lastly, beyond the foundations, public cloud adoption is a key driver of business performance for non-software companies, open source adoption is the biggest differentiator for top performers, and companies adopting low-code platforms score 33 percent higher on innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Developers have always been true catalysts of digital transformation, innovation, and business performance. This data just validates how crucial it is for companies to invest in their development teams. To learn more about Developer Velocity study and get detailed findings and insights for retail, manufacturing and finance industries, watch this 5-episode webinar series: Improve Business Performance Through Developer Velocity<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How do I calculate the Developer Velocity Index Score (DVI) for my organization?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Last May we launched our Developer Velocity Assessment Tool<\/a>. You can use this tool to discover where your organization is on the Developer Velocity maturity scale and benchmark your Developer Velocity Index (DVI) relative to your peers. Then, get actionable guidance for how to drive better business outcomes for your organization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This online assessment takes 15-30 mins to complete and was built to help you and your organization identify gaps across three key domains: technology, working practices and organizational enablement. The assessment provides personalized reports showing a detailed outline for how your organization can improve over time to meet the growing needs of your developers and software strategy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week we shipped additional features into our assessment tool to allow our customers to get an even clearer view of their Developer Velocity Index (DVI) score. These additions include new charts, reports and a detailed breakdown of their DVI scores by category, sub-category, and individual metric level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Developer<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

We are very excited to see how organizations take advantage of this assessment to help identify specific drivers that can help drive better business outcomes. Get started with the Developer Velocity Assessment tool<\/a> to calculate the DVI score for your organization and learn how you can boost your business performance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scale your DevOps practices to increase Developer Velocity<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Although many organizations are adopting DevOps, implementing effective practices at enterprise-scale can be difficult.  At Microsoft Ignite, we are also excited the announce the new Enterprise DevOps Report 2020\u20132021<\/a>, a Microsoft and Sogeti research study of more than 250 cloud and DevOps implementations. This report provides a comprehensive review on how to scale your DevOps practices to improve business metrics, customer satisfaction, and increase Developer Velocity \u2013 creating the right environment for developers to innovate. You can also use the study\u2019s recommendations as a blueprint for your successful adoption of enterprise DevOps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this report, you\u2019ll learn about:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Enterprise\u2022 Six key areas of enterprise IT, including governance, that face significant challenges as part of an enterprise DevOps transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Common ideologies and patterns followed by top performing adopters to address the challenges of enterprise DevOps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Strategies implemented by successful enterprises to build continuous governance, security, quality, and compliance into their engineering processes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 DevOps best practices to enable your organization to support distributed teams and remote work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empower your developer teams and boost your business performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Developer Velocity<\/a> helps you unleash the full potential of your developer teams, drive innovation, and boost business performance. Today more than ever investing in software excellence and building a culture that empowers developer teams will continue to be critical for every organization\u2019s success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over the past few months we\u2019ve seen many developers around the world building amazing customer applications<\/a> and internal back to work solutions while working remotely. While things get back to normal, Microsoft is pleased to play a small part in supporting developers around the world and making remote development<\/a> possible. To help developers build productively, collaborate securely, and scale innovation \u2013 no matter where they are \u2013 Microsoft offers the world\u2019s most comprehensive developer toolkit with Visual Studio, GitHub, Microsoft Azure and Power Apps. It\u2019s this set of capabilities that enables Developer Velocity within every organization.  You can learn more about our latest innovation on Visual Studio, GitHub, Azure, and Power Apps shared at Microsoft Ignite<\/a>. Also don\u2019t miss our Microsoft Ignite keynotes where you can learn more about Developer Velocity and Microsoft\u2019s most comprehensive developer toolkit and platform:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Satya Nadella: Building digital resilience<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Julia White: Invent with Purpose on Azure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Scott Hanselman: App Development in Azure<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Azure. Invent with purpose.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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