DX and Thoughtworks partner to drive engineering excellence
We’re thrilled to announce a formal partnership between DX and Thoughtworks, bringing together two companies focused on improving engineering efficiency. Our shared mission is simple: to build world-class technology organizations by providing the insights and expertise needed to drive meaningful improvement. This collaboration combines DX’s measurement and benchmarking capabilities with Thoughtworks’ experience in delivering transformational solutions.
Organizations working with DX and Thoughtworks can expect to:
- Assess and benchmark the health of their engineering organizations using the DX Core 4 framework.
- Identify areas for improvement with the Developer Experience Index (DXI), which uncovers the areas of friction holding developers back.
- Leverage Thoughtworks’ expertise to create an actionable strategy for driving improvements to developer productivity.
- Implementation of proven methodologies for driving improvements to developer productivity with clear and measurable ROI.
“There is no ‘one size fits all’ solution for achieving engineering excellence in any organization,” said Gene Reznik, Chief Strategy Officer and Global Head of Service Lines, Thoughtworks. “With DX’s measurement and benchmarking capabilities and Thoughtworks’ heritage and experience delivering software engineering transformations for organizations of all sizes, together we have the unique and practical insights into the opportunities and challenges improving engineering productivity.”
“We have always appreciated the rigor that DX takes to measurement,” said Chris Westerhold. “Their proprietary measurement and benchmarking capabilities fit seamlessly into our existing model and client engagements. Having DX as a part of our Engineering Excellence offering will bring immediate value to clients as we kick off engagements.”
Abi Noda, CEO of DX, said, “We’re excited to partner with Thoughtworks to provide a complete solution for improving engineering efficiency and excellence. This partnership provides customers with an industry-leader and expert partner that can help them fully capitalize on opportunities.”
Client story: Driving engineering excellence at Viasat
Viasat partnered with DX and Thoughtworks to better understand, measure, and improve engineering effectiveness. Over the past year, Thoughtworks has partnered with Viasat on multiple projects, while DX has provided data and insights to help guide strategy and quantify improvements that have been achieved.
“Thoughtworks and DX are philosophically aligned on measuring and improving engineering effectiveness. Thoughtworks provides recommendations on which metrics to focus on, based on what they discover with our teams’ processes. DX provides the framework and flexibility to implement these metrics and track improvement across our teams,” said Kim Horanyi, a SW Enablement Leader at Viasat.
One major focus has been Viasat developer experience and software quality, a joint effort with Thoughtworks to reduce cognitive load, improve information discovery, and accelerate onboarding and service creation. Using custom DX snapshot attributes, they are able to correlate impact on drivers to software enablement improvements. From there, they further identify areas to improve the developer experience, and see how those efforts impact trends. DX’s CSAT feature enables their team’s understanding of user satisfaction trends, and allows insight into customers’ perceptions of enablement tooling.
“DX provided the metrics framework while Thoughtworks has helped us drive forward initiatives to improve. This collaboration has led to measurable changes in developer productivity and overall operational efficiency,” said Narges Rahnama, another SW Enablement Leader at Viasat.
What’s next?
Whether your organization is rolling out new technologies, tackling large-scale projects, addressing tech debt, or seeking clarity on where to begin with organization-wide improvements, DX and Thoughtworks can help. With our combined expertise, we provide the guidance and support needed to achieve your goals. Reach out to us here to get started.
About Thoughtworks: Thoughtworks is a global technology consultancy that integrates strategy, design and engineering to drive digital innovation. We are over 12,500 people strong across 50 offices in 18 countries. Over the last 25+ years, we’ve delivered extraordinary impact together with our clients by helping them solve complex business problems with technology as the differentiator.
About DX: DX is an engineering intelligence platform designed by leading researchers. We give engineering leaders and platform teams the data they need to take the right actions to drive higher ROI per developer. We serve hundreds of the world’s most iconic companies including Dropbox, Block, P&G, and Pfizer.