# Engineering Insights Software Development Metrics | LinearB

> Get full visibility into your team's performance with software development metrics. Explore DORA metrics, track cycle time, and improve delivery predictability.

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# software development METRICS

Are you running a healthy engineering organization?

Get full visibility into your team's performance with software development metrics. Identify problems, deploy fixes faster, and achieve an unprecedented level of predictability.

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## Your engineering metrics program starts here

## Full visibility into your software development metrics

Visualizes data from tools across your SDLC to discover productivity insights and performance benchmarks.

### DevEx Metrics

Use standard DORA Metrics and leading indicators like Merge Frequency to streamline code delivery and reduce developer toil.

### Intelligent Insights

Take action to address your workflow bottlenecks with in-product insights and recommendations that identify risks and guide your team.

![Cycle Time: Average Cycle time 3 days 8 hours](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_1354/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Frame_2161_1?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

## 360-degree view of developers

### Visualize developer performance

Contextualize performance using code author and code reviewer perspectives.

### Compare performance metrics

Overlay group and org metrics to identify skill development opportunities.

### Deep dive into metrics

Identify the “why” behind metrics gaps and improvement opportunities using one-click investigation workflows that illustrate patterns, spikes, and outliers.

![Developer Metrics Chart](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_2017/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Image_Container_2?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

## AI powered insights

Take action to address your workflow bottlenecks with in-product insights and recommendations that identify risks and guide your team.

### Automated Iteration Summaries

Improve team decision making and retrospective outcomes using AI-power iteration summaries to kickoff the discussion.

### Track Copilot Impact

Compare the performance of pull requests that use tools like Copilot vs. standard methods to understand the impact on your SDLC.

![Improve Planning and Capacity Accuracy.](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_2229/f_auto/q_auto/v1/Group_7250?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

I no longer need to calculate metrics by hand. LinearB has allowed me to focus on key metrics like DORA to understand how my team is doing.”

Corey O'Connor

Principal Engineer, Protenus

![protenus logo 1](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_1200,h_136/f_auto/q_auto/v1/protenus_logo_1?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

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## Engineering productivity with LinearB

LinearB is an engineering productivity platform that helps leaders monitor performance and control workflows to improve overall team efficiency and effectiveness.

### Benchmark performance

Baseline your metrics, benchmark against industry standards and identify areas of focus like efficiency, quality, or predictability.

### Spot bottlenecks

Find and address your workflow bottlenecks with the ability to drill into leading indicators and the individual pull requests that are slowing your team down.

### Boost flow metrics

Improve your merge process– minimize code review idle time, fixing bugs and reducing technical debt.

## Book a demo

Schedule a time that works for you.

Measure your engineering team’s health and boost productivity.

Track the impact of GenAI on your delivery pipelines.

Allocate your team resources based on business priorities.

Automate workflows and improve your developer experience.

Accurately forecast and deliver your projects on time.

## Automate your improvement

Actively improve using programmable workflow automations that remove friction points across the SDLC while keeping team goals and best practices top of mind.

### Streamline code reviews

Standardize your merge process to adhere to complex standards and security requirements. Eliminate ad-hoc decisions in code reviews.

### Increase merge frequency

Codify your team’s merge process to eliminate ad-hoc decisions and optimize the code review process.

### Reduce developer toil

Auto-approve safe changes, e.g. dependabot minor changes and documentation - route pull requests to experts and flag deprecated components using SEI automations.

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