Eng. Metrics
How is Performance Measured in Scrum?
Typically scrum team performance is measured by calculating the deliverables and effectiveness of the scrum team. Common metrics include velocity and sprint...
Leadership
How To Become A Better Software Engineering Manager
This post lays out common challenges software engineering management faces every day, and some strategies to up your game and enhance your department.
Leadership
DORA Metrics: We’ve Been Using Them Wrong
I’m a big advocate for the DORA 4 metrics. When used in the right context, they’re a powerful tool to drive engineering improvement. But, as a community, we’re...
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Product
5 Ways to Have Better Daily Scrum Meetings
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...
Eng. Metrics
Change Failure Rate: What Is It and What Is a Good Rate?
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...
Eng. Metrics
Cycle Time Breakdown: Tactics For Reducing Deploy Time
Dive into the 4th cycle time phase: deploy time. Learn what an elite deploy time is and how to start improving yours.
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Eng. Metrics
How to Improve Your Code Quality Metrics
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 inevitable, there are...
Workflow
Code Smells: What Are They And How Can I Prevent Them?
What is a code smell? In this post we will find that out and also discuss prevent them from occurring in the first place.
Eng. Metrics
The 10 Best Code Quality Tools
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...