Survey

DevDynamics Surveys – Quick Start Guide

A simple, step-by-step guide to create, launch, and track your first survey.

Who is this for?

Anyone setting up Surveys for the first time in DevDynamics

What you'll do

1) Open Survey Analytics, 2) Fill survey details 3) Pick questions (drivers) 4) Create and launch the survey 5) Track outcomes in Analytics, Results, and Heatmap.

Step 1 — Open Survey Analytics

Go to Survey in the left navigation. The Survey Analytics page opens. Click Create Your First Survey to get started.

Figure 1. Survey Analytics — first-time view.

Step 2 — Fill Survey Details

Enter the basic details: Survey Name, Description, Frequency (Weekly, Fortnightly, Monthly, Quarterly, Yearly, or Once), and Target Audience (select team(s)). Then pick the Developer Experience Drivers—the questions—grouped into Efficiency, Collaboration, and Learning & Growth.

Figure 2. Survey Details form.

Figure 3. Choose questions from the three driver categories.

Step 3 — Select at least 5 questions

You must select at least five drivers (questions) to enable the Create Survey button. You can mix questions from any of the three tabs.

Figure 4. Minimum five drivers selected — Create Survey becomes active.

Step 4 — Survey created

After clicking Create Survey, you’ll see a success message and the survey appears under Survey Setup as a draft.

Figure 5. Survey Setup card (Draft).

Step 5 — Launch the survey (set dates)

Click Launch. Pick a Start Date and End Date.

• The Start Date must be tomorrow or later.

• Choose a date range that matches the Frequency you selected.

Figure 6. Launch modal — choose start and end dates.

Once launched, the survey shows Launched status. You’ll see options to Pause or Close the survey at any time.

Figure 7. Survey Setup card (Launched).

Step 6 — Email invite

Participants receive a unique email invite with a button to take the survey, based on the start date you set.

Figure 8. Email invite — unique link per recipient.

Step 7 — Reminder emails

If someone hasn’t responded, reminder emails are sent automatically.

Figure 9. Reminder email.

Reminder timing (in simple terms)

For Weekly, Monthly, or Quarterly surveys:

• First reminder is sent on Day 3 after the survey starts.

• Second reminder is sent on Day 5, only if the first one was already sent and there’s still no response.

For Once surveys:

• First reminder is sent when 40% of the survey window has passed.

• Second reminder is sent when 70% has passed, only if they still haven’t responded.

Step 8 — Monitor Survey Analytics

The Analytics page shows three quick views:

• Survey Info — cycle, date range, teams, and status (Active).

• Participation — responses out of total sent (e.g., 6/6).

• Top Priority — the driver that needs attention based on responses.

Figure 10. Survey Analytics — info, participation, and top priority.

Step 9 — Dive into Results & Heatmap

Open a survey to see detailed results:

• Results tab — Priority order, Driver name, Response Breakdown, Sentiment, and Comments.

Figure 11. Results tab — focus areas and response mix.

• Heatmap tab — scores by team and driver; hover a cell to see score and counts.

Figure 12. Heatmap — team × driver with hover details.

You’re done

Your first survey is live and you can track outcomes in Analytics, Results, and Heatmap.