Introduction

In software engineering, industry surveys are common, often providing insights into broad trends, strategic priorities, or technologies shaping the field. While useful, these surveys rarely address the most pressing questions for engineering leaders: What specific tactics are companies using to tackle challenges? How well are these tactics working in practice?

HyperFormation’s survey aims to fill this gap, offering a detailed look at the tactical layer of engineering management practices—the granular steps teams take to implement strategies and solve real-world problems.

What Existing Surveys Cover

‍Surveys like LeadDev’s Engineering Team Performance Report and Brainhub’s From Vision to Code provide valuable strategic insights:

• LeadDev: Focuses on team performance and productivity metrics (e.g., 50% of leaders familiar with DORA frameworks find them effective, while 37% use metrics to identify bottlenecks).
• Brainhub: Explores how organizations align technical execution with overarching business goals (e.g., 79% measure effectiveness by deliverable quality).

These surveys primarily focus on strategy: high-level goals, measurement frameworks, and alignment. What they don’t explore is how organizations implement these strategies—what tactics they adopt and whether those tactics deliver the intended results.

The Missing Piece: Tactics and Their Effectiveness

‍This focus on strategy leaves engineering leaders with unanswered questions:

• Tactical Execution: What actionable steps are organizations taking to improve productivity, alignment, or team health?
• Effectiveness of Tactics: Are these steps delivering measurable benefits, and if so, in what contexts?
• Comparative Insights: How do specific tactics differ by industry, company size, or team structure?

Without these insights, leaders may struggle to translate strategic principles into effective day-to-day practices.

HyperFormation’s Unique Approach

‍Unlike traditional surveys, the HyperFormation survey zeroes in on tactics—the specific actions engineering leaders take to address challenges and achieve their goals. It goes further to assess:

1. What’s Being Done: A detailed exploration of the engineering practices and processes teams use today.
2. Challenges Addressed: The problems these practices are designed to solve.
3. Tactical Effectiveness: A measure of how well these tactics deliver on their promises, backed by real-world data.
4. Contextual Relevance: Aggregated results that can be filtered by company size, industry, or stage for actionable insights.

This makes our survey not just a snapshot of trends but a practical guide to what works—and why.

Why This Matters

‍Engineering leaders need more than strategy; they need a roadmap to action. By focusing on tactics, HyperFormation’s survey provides a unique and essential resource:

• Tactical Insights: Discover the practices engineering leaders are using today and the outcomes they’re achieving.
• Adaptable Solutions: Learn what works for teams similar to yours, based on size, industry, and stage.
• Practical Benchmarking: Go beyond high-level comparisons to see the effectiveness of specific tactics in similar environments.

By filling this knowledge gap, our survey empowers leaders to bridge the often-overlooked divide between strategy and execution.

Join the Movement

‍This survey isn’t just about collecting data; it’s about creating a knowledge-sharing community where engineering leaders can learn from one another’s successes and challenges. When you participate, you contribute to a groundbreaking resource that benefits the entire industry.

Join us to transform the way we understand engineering management practices—focusing not just on what we aspire to do but on what we’re actually doing and how it’s working.