DeveloperWeek 2023

Alberto Silveira Jr, Head of Engineering, LawnStarter

Measuring the productivity of the teams that build software has never been an easy task. Over the decades, we have progressed from simple measurements like "lines of code" to more robust approaches like DORA's Four Keys metrics. But regardless of the method, there has always remained a gap — a misalignment of expectations between upper management and the teams performing the work about what constitutes real productivity and value delivered.

In this session, the software executive and author Alberto Silveira expands on an innovative concept that he calls Elephant Carpaccio, an efficient way of slicing the work into valuable delightful pieces, where all the great work teams produce can be measured and not just code deployed. Alberto will introduce two new metrics that expand on Deployment Frequency that will allow teams to calculate the "productivity ratio", a metric that aims to demonstrate the ROI on engineering teams.