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Developer Velocity

Drive innovation and business performance by empowering your developer teams.

Outperform the market. Increase innovation.

Software development is at the core of how organizations run. Increasing Developer Velocity is critical to driving business performance. It's about creating the right environment and removing points of friction for developers to innovate.

Power up your developer teams to drive your business forward

Build productively

Ensure that your developers have the right tools and the right skills for the job.

Collaborate globally and securely

Create an environment where developers collaborate and contribute to software development securely.

Scale innovation

Support the changing needs of your business—including expanding to new geographies and responding to spikes in customer demand.

Number one driver: Best-in-class tools

According to recent research¹ on Developer Velocity, the number one driver of business performance is best-in-class developer tools. Organizations with strong tools are 65 percent more innovative and have 47 percent higher developer satisfaction and retention rates than those in the lowest quartile for Developer Velocity.

Biggest differentiator: Open source

Among the key drivers of Developer Velocity for top-performing organizations, open-source adoption is the biggest differentiator, according to recent research.¹ Organizations that are best-in-class on open-source capabilities score 30 percent higher on innovation and 20 percent higher on developer satisfaction.

Booster of business performance: Public-cloud adoption

Public-cloud adoption as a catalyst of Developer Velocity is especially strong for nonsoftware companies, according to recent research.¹ Adopting public cloud has four times the impact on their business performance than it does for software companies.

Key for innovation: Low-code and no-code platforms

A recent research report¹ identified investment in low-code and no-code platforms as a driver of Developer Velocity. Companies that use this technology score 33 percent higher on innovation than those in the lowest quartile for performance.

Organizations with Developer Velocity in the top quartile achieve:¹

4–5 times

faster revenue growth

55 percent

higher innovation

¹McKinsey & Company: Driving business outcomes through Developer Velocity 2020 and McKinsey Developer Velocity Survey, Expert Interview

Learn more about the key drivers of Developer Velocity

Get the full report from McKinsey & Company detailing the key drivers of Developer Velocity—and how to put them to work.

Developer Velocity: Key lessons from digital leaders

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Get a quick check of your Developer Velocity

Answer five simple questions to get a quick look at the status of your organization's Developer Velocity and basic recommendations to help you accelerate it.

What's your organization's level of adoption of public cloud?

Extremely high (e.g., we're a sophisticated adopter that takes full advantage of IaaS, PaaS, and cloud-native development)

Medium (e.g., we've adopted the benefit of IaaS and/or PaaS capabilities to a certain extent)

Low (e.g., our adoption of public cloud is starting to leverage basic IaaS developments)

Extremely low (e.g., we don't use public cloud)

What's your organization's level of adoption of development tools, including tools for planning, developing, delivery, operation, collaboration, and communication?

Extremely high (e.g., we're a sophisticated adopter that takes full advantage of all these tools)

Medium (e.g., we've adopted most of the tools but still need optimization)

Low (e.g., we've adopted some of the tools)

Extremely low (e.g., our adoption is minimal)

What's your organization's level of adoption of development tools, including tools for planning, developing, delivery, operation, collaboration, and communication?

Extremely high (e.g., we're a sophisticated adopter that takes full advantage of all these tools)

Medium (e.g., we've adopted most of the tools but still need optimization)

Low (e.g., we've adopted some of the tools)

Extremely low (e.g., our adoption is minimal)

What's your organization's capability to empower teams, regardless of their coding ability, to build business applications with low-code tools?

Excellent (e.g., we use low-code platforms whenever feasible; we've set up company-wide governance, training programs, and reward mechanisms to empower teams regardless of coding ability)

Average (e.g., we've invested in building some capabilities but have not reached the scale to have a significant business impact)

Below average (e.g., we don't have a specific program in place to build business applications with low-code tools; adoption of low-code tools is limited)

Extremely poor (e.g., only software engineers with deep coding experience can develop applications)