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How to Run a Data-driven Dev Team Without Being a Performance Tyrant

Not all dev leads that stack rank their devs are bad managers. Many have good intentions but get caught in the “data-driven trap”.

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Dev Team Health: Vital Signs to Watch

Team Health is the most important KPI. Monitor these vital signs to identify problems early and prevent developer burnout.

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Meaningful Slack Alerts for Software Development Teams

Slack alerts are necessary for dev team success. Which ones should your team be using?

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Project management tools are plan-first, not build-first: 3 solutions

80% of the people involved in software development spend 80% of their time developing. Why use a tool designed for planning to manage dev team activities?

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LinearB Pulse board is the perfect blend of stories, branches, and PRs for dev teams

Pulse filters are now live unlocking three new use cases: bug triage, daily stand-up and real-time status update. What is Pulse? Pulse syncs your Git branches...

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How I went from Dev to VP of R&D in 25 months

Nadav Lev is far from your average VP of R&D His first “job” writing code was in the elite Israeli military intelligence agency Unit 8200. Similar in function...

Kanban vs. Scrum: Which Is the Lesser of Two Evils?

Organizations that want to become agile or improve their agility often find themselves asking the question of which approach is better for their projects —...

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Do Daily Scrum Meetings Suck or Are We Just Doing Them Wrong?

Daily Scrum Meetings — Why They Suck and How We Can Reform Them Is Scrum, as a project management methodology, broken by default, or do we just suck at holding...

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Run your best retro ever with LinearB

You made it. Your iteration is over. Time for the retrospective meeting. LinearB can help make your retro meeting more data-driven, while ensuring the team...

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How to Run a Data-driven Dev Team Without Being a Performance Tyrant

Dev Team Health: Vital Signs to Watch

Meaningful Slack Alerts for Software Development Teams

Join our community of data-driven dev leaders

Project management tools are plan-first, not build-first: 3 solutions

LinearB Pulse board is the perfect blend of stories, branches, and PRs for dev teams

How I went from Dev to VP of R&D in 25 months

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