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What Are The Four Accelerate Metrics And Why Do They Matter?
Oscar Jite-Orimiono
May 20, 2022
Learn about the accelerate metrics, four key metrics from the Accelerate Book. You’ll learn what they are and why they’re important.
How is Performance Measured in Scrum?
Sarah Shores
May 19, 2022
Typically scrum team performance is measured by calculating the deliverables and effectiveness of the scrum team. Common metrics include velocity and sprint burndown. But these
How To Become A Better Software Engineering Manager
Justin Reynolds
May 18, 2022
This post lays out common challenges software engineering management faces every day, and some strategies to up your game and enhance your department.
5 Ways to Have Better Daily Scrum Meetings
Brittani Kooiker
May 12, 2022
The ideal daily scrum is concise and meaningful. After all, it’s just a check-in that’s time-boxed for 15 minutes. However, if you’re able to get
Change Failure Rate: What Is It and What Is a Good Rate?
Oscar Jite-Orimiono
May 11, 2022
In this post, you’ll learn about change failure rate. You’ll see how it’s measured, learn what’s a good rate, and what to do with failures.
Cycle Time Breakdown: Tactics For Reducing Deploy Time
Otto Nagengast
May 10, 2022
This is the final installment of our Cycle Time Breakdown series on the most effective tactics to speed up your development Cycle Time. The other
How to Improve Your Code Quality Metrics
Lewis Dowling
May 10, 2022
Bugs. They’re a fact of life for software developers – over a third of developers spend 25% of their time fixing bugs! Although bugs are
Code Smells: What Are They And How Can I Prevent Them?
Justin Reynolds
May 4, 2022
What is a code smell? In this post we will find that out and also discuss prevent them from occurring in the first place.
The 10 Best Code Quality Tools
Lewis Dowling
May 4, 2022
Bugs, logical mistakes, resource-draining variables. Whatever form they might take, finding the bugs hidden in a snippet of code can be tricky. But the quality
6 Tips to Improve Your Sprint Retrospective Meeting
Otto Nagengast
May 2, 2022
You’ve finished your sprint. Phew! 😅 It was an intense week, two weeks, or month. No doubt, there are things that could’ve gone better, as
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