Research
This page lists curated research on developer productivity and experience, focus and flow, self-monitoring and self-reflection, brought to you by the FlowLabs team.
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2023: Cultivating a Team Mindset about Productivity with a Nudge: A Field Study in Hybrid Development TeamsKey Publication
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2020: Detecting Developers’ Task Switches and Types
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2020: Supporting Software Developers’ Focused Work on Window-Based Desktops
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2019: Fostering Software Developer Productivity through Awareness Increase and Goal-Setting
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2019: Enabling Good Work Habits in Software Developers through Reflective Goal-SettingKey Publication
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2019: Fitbit for Developers: Self-Monitoring at Work
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2019: Developers’ Diverging Perceptions of Productivity
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2019: Reducing Interruptions at Work with FlowLight
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2019: Today was a Good Day: The Daily Life of Software DevelopersKey Publication
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2018: Design Recommendations for Self-Monitoring in the Workplace: Studies in Software Development
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2018: Sensing Interruptibility in the Office: A Field Study on the Use of Biometric and Computer Interaction Sensors
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2017: Characterizing Software Developers by Perceptions of Productivity
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2017: The Work Life of Developers: Activities, Switches and Perceived Productivity
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2017: Reducing Interruptions at Work: A Large-Scale Field Study of FlowLightKey Publication
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2014: Software Developers’ Perceptions of Productivity
Blog Articles
Learn more about our latest research
DSI Insights: New Work oder die Balance zwischen Fokusarbeit und Teamwork (German Article)
This German article was written as a collaboration with the Digital Society Initiative of the University of Zurich and first published on Inside IT, later on UZH News. New Work erlaubt mehr Flexibilität beim Organisieren und Strukturieren der eigenen Arbeit. Dies kann zwar zu erhöhter Produktivität führen, aber die Teamarbeit leidet öfters darunter.
How to Organize your Workday for Increased Focus at Work
As knowledge workers, we rely on our ability to concentrate and complete our tasks efficiently and effectively. However, with the constant influx of new information, interruptions from co-workers asking for help and distractions, it can be a major challenge to stay in focus for more than a few minutes at
Experimenting with Walk Meetings and Creativity-boosting Walks
A couple of years ago, I’ve started experimenting with walk meetings for the first time, and briefly wrote about them in my blog. Little did I know back then that I would suddenly have way more time to walk, and that being outside was the only relatively safe way to