Developer experience · Empirical survey of team leaders

Code and commit metrics of developer productivity: a study on team leaders perceptions

Empirical Software Engineering · 2020

Edson Oliveira, Eduardo Fernandes, Igor Steinmacher, Marco Cristo, Tayana Conte, Alessandro Garcia

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Summary

Examines how leaders perceive code and commit metrics as measures of developer productivity.

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Possible founder application

Use code/commit metrics diagnostically and combine them with quality, flow, and team-context measures.

Reported result

What the study found

Examines how leaders perceive code and commit metrics as measures of developer productivity.

Research question

What the authors investigated

How does the study’s stated design explain its reported outcome in this setting?

Design

Empirical survey of team leaders

Sample and setting

Software team leaders; abstract-only

Scope and transfer

Limitations to keep in view

Perceptions do not validate metrics as causal or complete productivity measures.

Research sources

abstract_only

Study strength

3.5/5 Abstract-level evidence is useful for framing questions; verify full methods before transfer.

How this was assessed

The 1–5 evidence-check score is a practical reading aid, not a formal peer review or a probability that a conclusion is true. It combines design strength (2 points), sample reporting (1), comparison/control clarity (1), and how much of the paper could be checked (1). Access affects how confidently this directory can assess a study, not the study's underlying quality. Blinding is reported separately because it is not relevant to every design.

Design transparency · 2/2

Based on the reported study design in the retrieved source.

Sample and setting · 1/1

The sample context is stated; a numerical count is preserved only when reported.

Outcome clarity · 1/1

The finding is summarized from publisher or article metadata.

Access for checking · 0.5/1

Only abstract or bibliographic access was confirmed.

Double-blind? The retrieved publisher record does not establish whether participants or outcome assessors were blinded.