Original Research on Develocity

Develocity Customer Statistic

Builds and Tests are Slow!

85% of surveyed IT organizations experienced challenges with too much time spent waiting on build and test feedback.

85%

Develocity Case Study

VMWare, Inc.

Introduction

This case study of VMWare Inc. is based on a June 2023 survey of Develocity customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Super productive for large teams.”

Use Case

Has utilized Develocity for 1-2 Years.

They also have established a dedicated Developer Productivity Engineering team.

Experience

Experience with the following Develocity capabilities:

Build Scan™: Very Useful
Build Cache: Killer
Test Distribution: Killer

Results

Realized a return on their investment in Develocity was within the first 12 months.

Agreed that “Since integrating Develocity into our development process, the time savings we experienced on build and test cycle times have dramatically improved developer productivity.”

Level of agreement with the following statements:

Develocity consistently exceeds our expectations for service and support and as a strategic technology partner: Somewhat Agree
Develocity is a mission-critical component of our developer productivity strategy: Agree Completely
Developer Productivity Engineering will become a de facto industry-standard software practice much like Agile and DevOps: Agree Completely
Develocity scales well and will meet the service-level expectations of any enterprise-wide deployment: Somewhat Agree
Develocity is an important enabling technology for our digital transformation strategy: Somewhat Agree

After using the following Develocity tools, reduction in build and test cycle times:

Build Cache: 50-75%
Test Distribution: 75-100%

Regarding their experience working for a Developer Productivity Engineering (DPE)-enabled organization:

DPE’s impact on their toolchain makes their job more enjoyable: Agree Completely
They would be unlikely to work for a company in the future that did not implement DPE practices: Agree Completely
DPE is helpful in recruiting and retaining top talent for their business: Agree Completely

Develocity Customer Research

Developer Pain Points Without Develocity

Which of the following challenges or pain points did your organization experience prior to implementing Develocity?

Too much time spent waiting on build and test feedback either locally or during CI	90%
Insufficient observability of analytics on build and test performance and regressions, failure trends, and productivity bottlenecks	70%
Inability to easily troubleshoot and determine the root cause of build, test and CI failures including flaky tests	65%
Managing the growth of build and test cycles as the codebase grows	55%
Difficulty communicating build details between teams and collaborating when troubleshooting failures	45%
Cost impacts from an inefficient build and test process and tooling infrastructure	35%
Time-to-market impacts from an inefficient build and test process and tooling infrastructure	20%
Difficulty achieving success with DevOps initiatives due to existing friction in the development process	15%
Issues with recruiting/retention related to the developer experience (e.g. Unreliable build and test toolchain)	10%

Develocity Customer Statistic

4/5 Stars

91% of surveyed IT organizations rated Develocity as 4 or higher.

Develocity Customer Research

Developer Pain Points without Develocity

Which of the following challenges or pain points did your organization experience prior to implementing Develocity?

Too much time spent waiting on build and test feedback either locally or during CI	92%
Inability to easily troubleshoot and determine the root cause of build, test and CI failures including flaky tests	71%
Insufficient observability of analytics on build and test performance and regressions, failure trends, and productivity bottlenecks	67%
Managing the growth of build and test cycles as the codebase grows	54%
Difficulty communicating build details between teams and collaborating when troubleshooting failures	46%
Cost impacts from an inefficient build and test process and tooling infrastructure	29%
Time-to-market impacts from an inefficient build and test process and tooling infrastructure	21%
Difficulty achieving success with DevOps initiatives due to existing friction in the development process	17%
Issues with recruiting/retention related to the developer experience (e.g. Unreliable build and test toolchain)	13%

Develocity Case Study

Applied Materials

Introduction

This case study of Applied Materials is based on a May 2023 survey of Develocity customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Good impact on performance.”

Challenges

Challenges experienced prior to implementing Develocity:

Insufficient observability of analytics on build and test performance and regressions, failure trends, and productivity bottlenecks
Cost impacts from an inefficient build and test process and tooling infrastructure

Use Case

Has utilized Develocity for more than 2 Years.

They have established a dedicated Developer Productivity Engineering team.

Experience with the following Develocity capabilities:

Build Scan™: Killer
Build Cache: Killer
Performance and Failure Trends Dashboards: Very Useful

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Develocity:

Agreement with the statement below:
- “Since integrating Develocity into our development process, the time savings we experienced on build and test cycle times have dramatically improved developer productivity.”: Somewhat Agree

Level of agreement with the following statements:

Develocity is a mission-critical component of our developer productivity strategy: agree completely
Developer Productivity Engineering will become a de facto industry-standard software practice much like Agile and DevOps: agree completely
Develocity scales well and will meet the service-level expectations of any enterprise-wide deployment: agree completely
Develocity is an important enabling technology for our digital transformation strategy: agree completely

After using the following Develocity tools, reduction in build and test cycle times:
- Build Cache: 25-50%

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Builds and Tests are Slow!

VMWare, Inc.

Introduction

Use Case

Experience

Results

Company Profile

About Develocity

Developer Pain Points Without Develocity

Developer Pain Points without Develocity

Applied Materials

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Develocity

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About Develocity

Develocity speeds up your builds and tests, makes troubleshooting more efficient, and increases toolchain reliability, giving your developers back at least one day each week in lost productivity. Now supporting Maven, Bazel, sbt, and Gradle build systems.