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Stand-Up 2.0: What do devs really want from the daily?
Dan Lines
June 27, 2020
100+ people weighed in on the proposed framework for Stand-up 2.0. It’s time to hear directly from developers what would make our daily meeting valuable for them.
Promoted from Dev to Team Lead: 8 Things They Didnāt Tell Me
Dan Lines
June 19, 2020
When I was promoted to Dev Team Lead, I was in over my head. I learned quickly. Read the 8 things that I was someone had told me when I was promoted.
Software Metrics: A Guide for Modern Dev Leaders
Dan Lines
June 17, 2020
Learn 17 software metrics that can help modern dev leaders accelerate delivery, improve culture, and translate dev activity to business value.
Stand-Up 2.0: It’s Time to Ditch the Daily from 1993
Dan Lines
June 12, 2020
The daily stand-up most dev teams run is from 1993. It’s time to modernize the stand-up to focus on the issues that matter most for your dev team.
VP Engineering & VP Product: How to Create a United Front
Dan Lines
May 26, 2020
VPs of Engineering & VPs of Product Management have an inherently tension-filled relationship. Creating a united front has benefits for everyone.
LinearB May Release: Enhanced Team Dashboard, Release from Branches, and Jira On-Prem
Boaz Dremer
May 26, 2020
This week weāre announcing 5 new features to help you more easily see trends, track releases and connect to your full tech sack.
1 Dev, 3 Teams, 3 git pull request review experiences
Ariel Illouz
May 19, 2020
Different companies have different code review processes. Noam Hofshi of LinearB shares how his last 3 teams have handled git pull request reviews.
Why Agile Velocity is the Most Dangerous Metric
Dan Lines
May 12, 2020
Agile velocity is a useful tool for sprint planning. But when dev leaders use velocity as a productivity metric, it has dangerous consequences.
āOur dev culture is based on Bushido Samurai codeā
Dan Lines
May 7, 2020
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.
LinearB Exclusive Report: Remote is good for devs, bad for teams?
Ori Keren
April 21, 2020
See how the transition to 100% work-from-home has impacted 50 software development teams across 11 countries.
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