03 SECTION ✣
Frameworks.
A ENTRIES IN THIS SECTION ✣
- 01.
AAARRRP: A Developer Relations Strategy Framework
AAARRRP is Phil Leggetter's adaptation of Dave McClure's Pirate Metrics (AARRR), expanded specifically for developer relations work. It first appeared on leggetter.co.uk in 2016 and has since become one of the two or three most widely ad…
- 02.
The Four Pillars Framework
The Four Pillars model, articulated most prominently by Caroline Lewko and James Parton in Developer Relations: How to Build and Grow a Successful Developer Program (Apress, 2021), describes how a complete developer-relations program is…
- 03.
The Orbit Model
The Orbit Model is a framework for understanding and measuring community engagement, originally developed by Josh Dzielak, Patrick Woods, and the team at orbit.love. It is the most influential community-management framework in DevRel and…
- 04.
The DevRel Capability Maturity Model
The DevRel Capability Maturity Model is a five-level framework for assessing how organised a DevRel function is. It is conceptually borrowed from the Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) used in software process improvement and w…
- 05.
SPACE, DXI, and DX Core 4: Developer Experience Frameworks
While AAARRRP, Orbit, and the Four Pillars define how DevRel teams operate, three additional frameworks define how developer experience itself is measured. These were developed primarily for internal developer productivity (helping compa…