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Eng. Metrics

Why Agile Velocity is the Most Dangerous Metric

Agile velocity is a useful tool for sprint planning. But when dev leaders use velocity as a productivity metric, it has dangerous consequences.

Dan Lines

May 12, 2020

Leadership

“Our dev culture is based on Bushido Samurai code”

Chris Downard, VP of Engineering at GigSmart, sits down with LinearB to talk about how he based the principals of his team culture on Bushido Samurai Code.

Dan Lines

May 7, 2020

Eng. Metrics

LinearB Exclusive Report: Remote is good for devs, bad for teams?

See how the transition to 100% work-from-home has impacted 50 software development teams across 11 countries.

Ori Keren

April 21, 2020

How to introduce data-driven culture to your dev team

Introducing a data-driven culture to your dev team can be scary and difficult. Hear a VP of Engineering and an Agile Coach discuss their tips.

Dan Lines

April 15, 2020

Leadership

3 Dev Leaders open up about remote software development

The shift to remote software development has changed the way that teams are running. 3 dev leaders discuss how their teams are adjusting to the new norm.

Dan Lines

April 8, 2020

Product

Why Slack alerts went to #1 on our roadmap

After the dev world made the sudden shift to work from home, LinearB sprung into action and delivered Slack alerts to support remote teams.

Boaz Dremer

April 6, 2020

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Eng. Metrics

Dev Team productivity is way down at LinearB (the effects of abruptly moving to 100% WFH)

Since the shift to remote work, our dev team productivity is down. Learn how we measure our development process, and why we focus on process over outputs.

Dan Lines

March 25, 2020

Workflow

Abruptly WFH: 11 things changed & 8 things stayed the same

Abruptly working from home has suddenly become the norm for dev teams. 1 week in, here’s how the LinearB dev team is adjusting.

Ariel Illouz

March 23, 2020

Workflow

23 things software developers and marketers have in common

Common wisdom says that software devs and marketers don’t understand each other. but they have more in common than you think.

Rocco Seyboth

March 12, 2020

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