A study of Google developers identifies code quality as the strongest causal factor driving developer productivity, based on panel data with 39 factors and lagged analysis. Other significant factors include technical debt, infrastructure tools, team communication, goals, and organizational processes.
Background
Large-scale empirical research on software developer productivity remains limited. This study bridges field correlation and lab causality by leveraging Google's internal data.
- Source
- Lobsters
- Published
- Sep 27, 2026 at 08:52 PM
- Score
- 7.0 / 10