The LinkedIn DPH Framework

LinkedIn's DPH (Developer Productivity and Happiness) Framework provides a systematic approach to understanding and improving software developer experiences. The framework centers on Goals, Signals, and Metrics—defining clear goals for developer experience, identifying meaningful signals that indicate progress, and creating quantitative metrics to measure those signals. It introduces Developer Personas to categorize different types of developers, recognizing diverse working styles and needs. Key metric design guidelines emphasize actionable insights over raw data, distinguishing between qualitative and quantitative measurements, understanding specific audiences for each metric, and avoiding simplistic 'scores'. Engineering leaders will learn how to understand developer success factors, guide infrastructure and tooling improvements, and create data-driven approaches to enhancing developer experience. The framework is flexible, adaptable, and broadly applicable across software development environments. LinkedIn open-sourced these documents to encourage industry-wide collaboration on developer productivity measurement, making it a valuable resource for organizations seeking to improve their engineering effectiveness through systematic measurement and improvement.