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Why Now is the Time to Start Your Engineering Operational Excellence Journey
Ori Keren
September 5, 2019
I love to develop and build products that impact customers’ lives and work; leading teams to pursue that end. This passion is what has driven me to co-found LinearB.
5 Ways to Deliver and Accelerate Engineering Velocity
Dan Lines
August 22, 2019
VPs of Engineering often ask me how to increase their velocity. When I was a VP of Engineering, this was my eternal quest; to deliver more value at a high rate of speed.
Critical Metrics to Run Your Software Team: Time To Merge
Dan Lines
August 7, 2019
Time to merge is a critical metric for measuring software team productivity. It is sneaky sharp, super useful, & a must-know metric for software leaders.
How to Measure Your Software Delivery Pipeline
Dan Lines
July 22, 2019
Want to improve? Here is how to measure your software delivery pipeline. The secret, a holistic view providing both project and development insights.
The Three Pillars of Engineering Team Productivity
Dan Lines
June 6, 2019
Ori and Dan had the privilege of being guests on the Frontier podcast by Gun.io. In this episode, we discuss how to measure productivity in software engineering organizations.
What is the First Step to Improving Performance? Why I’m Joining Linear B as an Advisor
Nathan Burke
May 21, 2019
If you want to get better at anything, what’s the first step? A look at why I’m joining Linear B as an Advisor.
Burnout. A Productivity Mindset Shift.
Dan Lines
April 10, 2019
From burnout to balance. An unexpected path to improving productivity.
How to Scale Software Development Teams
Dan Lines
March 14, 2019
Scaling a software organization is the ultimate challenge. Technical readiness is a key component in scaling software teams.
How to Measure Productivity in Software Engineering Teams
Dan Lines
February 18, 2019
The three-part methodology we use to measure software engineering productivity at Linear B.
The Top Three Lessons I Learned Seeking Seed Funding
Dan Lines
January 15, 2019
Sharing the top three things I’ve learned from our $1.6M seed funding round as a first time founder.
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