LinearB Blog

Cover image for The Four Most Useful Value Stream Metrics in Software

Eng. Metrics

The Four Most Useful Value Stream Metrics in Software

What are the most useful value stream metrics? Here are four. See why cycle time, deployment frequency, and defects are the most helpful.

Eric Goebelbecker

March 9, 2022

Cover image for What is Code Review & Why It's Important for Code Quality

Workflow

What is Code Review & Why It's Important for Code Quality

Do you know the best way to improve the quality of code your team ships? In the 2020 Smartbear State of Code Review survey, 24 percent of respondents said...

Rose

March 8, 2022

Cover image for Value Stream Mapping in a DevOps Team

Workflow

Value Stream Mapping in a DevOps Team

In this post, we’ll explore how you can use value stream mapping in devops to identify and eliminate waste from your software

Justin Reynolds

March 7, 2022

Recommended Posts

1

What is Developer Productivity and How to Measure It

Developer Productivity refers to the effectiveness...

Zach Westall

2

What are DORA Metrics and How to Unlock Elite Engineering Performance

The four DORA Metrics–deployment frequency,...

Ben Lloyd Pearson

3

Developer Experience Quantified: The Impact on Productivity

Boost developer productivity and bottom-line...

Ben Lloyd Pearson

4

Syngenta and LinearB: Six Months Later

By partnering with LinearB and aligning with the...

LinearB

Cover image for The Best Automated Code Review Tools

Product

The Best Automated Code Review Tools

Pair code review metrics with automation to improve based on industry standards. Automated code review tools benefit everyone on your team.

Photo of Adam Noble

Adam Noble

February 15, 2022

Cover image for What Is Context Switching and How Does It Hurt Productivity?

DevEx

What Is Context Switching and How Does It Hurt Productivity?

Studies indicate developers wait on average 4 days for a pull request review. That’s a lot of idle time. But it’s not like you’re waiting around for...

Photo of Briana Johnson

Briana Johnson

February 8, 2022

Cover image for The Data Integrity Inversion: Data integrity increases by 67% when manual work decreases

Product

The Data Integrity Inversion: Data integrity increases by 67% when manual work decreases

In a Data Integrity study of over 1000 engineering team we found that 31% of work in progress branches we were unlinked to Jira Tickets.

Photo of Ori Keren

Ori Keren

February 2, 2022

Cover image for What Does An Engineering Manager Do? A Candid Look

Leadership

What Does An Engineering Manager Do? A Candid Look

This post is about what an engineering manager does and what exactly their role is in the department in particular and in the enterprise.

Alexander Fridman

January 25, 2022

Cover image for Tech Lead Responsibilities: What to Expect From Them

Eng. Metrics

Tech Lead Responsibilities: What to Expect From Them

What should you expect from a tech lead for a software team? LinearB dives into what tech leads do and more on tech lead responsibilities.

Photo of Adam Noble

Adam Noble

January 19, 2022

Cover image for How to Count Lines of Code: A Complete Overview

Eng. Metrics

How to Count Lines of Code: A Complete Overview

Considering using lines of code to measure how productive your dev teams are? Find out how (and when) to count lines of code.

Nabendu Biswas

January 17, 2022

25

26 27...