Original Research on Gradle Enterprise

Gradle Enterprise Customer Statistic

Most Enterprises Lack Visibility Into Build and Test Performance

70% of surveyed IT organizations experienced challenges with insufficient observability of analytics on build and test performance and regressions, failure trends, and productivity bottlenecks prior to implementing Gradle Enterprise.

70%

Gradle Enterprise Customer Statistic

DPE Dramatically Improves Productivity

80% of surveyed IT organizations would agree that:

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

Gradle Enterprise Case Study

Hinge

Introduction

This case study of Hinge is based on a May 2023 survey of Gradle Enterprise customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

“Gradle Enterprise has been great and it’s working very nicely.”

Challenges

Challenges experienced prior to implementing Gradle Enterprise:

Too much time spent waiting on build and test feedback either locally or during CI
Insufficient observability of analytics on build and test performance and regressions, failure trends, and productivity bottlenecks
Managing the growth of build and test cycles as the codebase grows
Difficulty achieving success with DevOps initiatives due to existing friction in the development process

Use Case

Has utilized Gradle Enterprise for 0-6 Months.

They have not established a dedicated Developer Productivity Engineering team.

Experience with the following GE capabilities:

Build Scan™: Very Useful
Build Cache: Killer
Test Distribution: Don’t Know/Haven’t Tried It
Build & Test Failure Analytics (inc. Flaky Test Management Capabilities): Don’t Know/Haven’t Tried It
Performance and Failure Trends Dashboards: Didn’t Move the Needle

Results

The surveyed company achieved the following results with Gradle Enterprise:

Payback period for their investment in Gradle Enterprise was realized immediately.

Level of agreement with the following statements:

Gradle consistently exceeds our expectations for service and support and as a strategic technology partner: agree completely
Gradle Enterprise 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
Gradle Enterprise scales well and will meet the service-level expectations of any enterprise-wide deployment: agree completely

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

Build Cache: 25-50%

Gradle Enterprise Case Study

Paxos Views Gradle Enterprise as Mission-Critical to their Developer Productivity Strategy

Introduction

This case study of Paxos is based on an October 2021 survey of Gradle customers by TechValidate, a 3rd-party research service.

Challenges

Prior to implementing Gradle Enterprise, Paxos was experiencing the following challenges:

Too much time spent waiting on build and test feedback either locally or during CI
Inability to easily troubleshoot and determine the root cause of build, test and CI failures including flaky tests

Use Case

Paxos has utilized Gradle Enterprise for less than six months.
Paxos found the Build Cache to be a “killer” feature and describe the Build Scan™, Build & Test Failure Analytics, and Performance and Failure Trends Dashboards as very useful features.

Results

Paxos experienced an immediate payback period for their investment in Gradle Enterprise.
Regarding Paxos’s experience with Gradle Enterprise, they indicated agreement with the following statements:
- “Since integrating Gradle Enterprise into our development process, the time savings we experienced on build and test cycle times have dramatically improved developer productivity.”
- “Gradle consistently exceeds our expectations for service and support and as a strategic technology partner.”
- “Gradle Enterprise is a mission-critical component of our developer productivity strategy.”
- “Gradle Enterprise scales well and will meet the service-level expectations of any enterprise-wide deployment.”
- “Gradle Enterprise is an important enabling technology for our digital transformation strategy.”
Additionally, Paxos’s experience to date adapting and implementing DPE practices has led the respondent, a Senior Software Engineer, to conclude that DPE’s impact on their toolchain makes their job more enjoyable.

Gradle Enterprise Customer Research

Developer Pain Points without Gradle Enterprise

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

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%

Gradle Enterprise Customer Research

Developer Pain Points Without DPE

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

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%

TechValidate Research on Gradle Enterprise

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Selected Research Highlights

Most Enterprises Lack Visibility Into Build and Test Performance

DPE Dramatically Improves Productivity

Hinge

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Gradle Enterprise

Paxos Views Gradle Enterprise as Mission-Critical to their Developer Productivity Strategy

Introduction

Challenges

Use Case

Results

Company Profile

About Gradle Enterprise

Developer Pain Points without Gradle Enterprise

Developer Pain Points Without DPE

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