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Eng. Metrics

What is Cycle Time in Software Development?

In software development, cycle time is the time from first commit to production release. Learn how to measure it and improve it with LinearB.

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Natalie Breuer

September 21, 2022

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Solving the Next Engineering Challenge: Continuous Merge

What’s the next big challenge for developers? Actually getting code merged. Our solution: continuous merge and the first stand-alone continuous merge...

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Dan Lines

September 14, 2022

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Using Metrics to Achieve a Good Deployment Frequency

In this post, we’ll cover what deployment frequency is. Once we see it’s importance, we’ll discuss how to improve it.

Oscar Jite-Orimiono

September 12, 2022

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What Are Scrum Metrics? | 3 Examples

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How to Measure and Improve Software Development Productivity

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Lead Time vs Cycle Time in Software Development

Which of these two key metrics is the best way to measure the productivity of dev teams? And more importantly, how do you start improving them?

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How Reprise Stopped Engineering Bottlenecks Using LinearB

It’s hard to program a no-code platform. So Reprise uses LinearB to make sure their engineers are being as efficient as possible.

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The Ultimate List of Scrum Anti-Patterns (and How to Fix Them)

Scrum anti-patterns can really compromise your team’s performance. Learn all about anti-patterns and how to overcome them.

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July 22, 2022

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