Connect the Dots Between
R&D Spend and Business Goals
Show where engineering is investing its resources and help stakeholders see what that means for the rest of the business – using data everyone understands. LinearB
automatically configures initiatives, epics, and projects, making it easy to see:
- FTE effort by project
- Impact on delivery status
- What’s being prioritized and what isn’t
- Actual spend against engineering budget
We correlate data across your tools to identify
bottlenecks and automate developer workflow optimization.
Two Equally Important,
Very Challenging Responsibilities
Engineering leaders have a lot on their plates. One of the biggest “servings” is prioritizing and investing in projects that will delight customers and help drive business impact. But this is often easier said than done. The reality is that many engineering leaders (and the teams they lead) don’t have a way to connect R&D project investment to costs, business priorities, and ROI – not to mention how these things will affect project delivery predictability.
Balancing Engineering and
Business Needs
Translate engineering health to business impact with Resource Allocation reporting. This rich information – combined with Project Delivery data – gives leaders the tools they need to showcase how engineering investments impact delivery timelines, the real cost of unplanned work, and projected ROI of engineering efforts with a view into:
- All active projects, epics, initiatives
- Individual issues and who’s working on them
- FTE effort being spent on these projects
- What time and effort translates to in actual costs
LinearB Helps You
Live in Both Worlds
Show Your Impact
Decide with Data
Cut Accross Views
Connect your projects’ resource allocation to delivery performance and business goals so everyone – from sales to marketing to the C-suite – can see and understand engineering’s impact. LinearB makes it easy to show:
- Justification for resourcing decisions
- The business case for additional engineering headcount
- The effect of unplanned, “must do” work on delivery predictability
Ground conversations and negotiations about resourcing, timelines, and headcount in real-world data rather than gut feeling.
- Align engineering to the needs of the business
- Illustrate the downstream effect of moving resources
- Adjust priorities confidently when the next P0 bug or “must have” feature comes up
Stop digging around in unintuitive PM and issue tracking tools. LinearB gives you a single dashboard that shows you:
- All your projects, initiatives, and epics
- The connection between resourcing and delivery status
- How those projects are resourced (including actual costs)
Show Your Impact
Decide with Data
Cut Accross Views
Connect your projects’ resource allocation to delivery performance and business goals so everyone – from sales to marketing to the C-suite – can see and understand engineering’s impact. LinearB makes it easy to show:
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- Justification for resourcing decisions
- The business case for additional engineering headcount
- The effect of unplanned, “must do” work on delivery predictability
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Ground conversations and negotiations about resourcing, timelines, and headcount in real-world data rather than gut feeling.
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- Align engineering to the needs of the business
- Illustrate the downstream effect of moving resources
- Adjust priorities confidently when the next P0 bug or “must have” feature comes up
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Stop digging around in unintuitive PM and issue tracking tools. LinearB gives you a single dashboard that shows you:
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- All your projects, initiatives, and epics
- The connection between resourcing and delivery status
- How those projects are resourced (including actual costs)
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“LinearB makes you feel more confident. It lets me know that our foundation is good and that we’re improving everyday.”
Jon Sowler
VP of Engineering |
Unbabel
“I used to wait around a lot during the dev process. Waiting for unit tests to pass, waiting for someone to pick up and approve my PR, waiting for the build to complete so I can cut a release… Since we adopted gitStream, my whole team is never waiting and everything moves much quicker.”
Truong-An Thai
VP of Engineering |
FloSports
“The DORA metrics from LinearB are awesome! I really, really like those DORA metrics. That’s what we’re focused on for engineering.”
Corey Olsen
VP of Engineering |
L2L
“LinearB makes you feel more confident. It lets me know that our foundation is good and that we’re improving everyday.”
Jon Sowler
VP of Engineering |
Unbabel
“I used to wait around a lot during the dev process. Waiting for unit tests to pass, waiting for someone to pick up and approve my PR, waiting for the build to complete so I can cut a release… Since we adopted gitStream, my whole team is never waiting and everything moves much quicker.”
Truong-An Thai
VP of Engineering |
FloSports
“The DORA metrics from LinearB are awesome! I really, really like those DORA metrics. That’s what we’re focused on for engineering.”
Corey Olsen
VP of Engineering |
L2L
The Power of Combining
Engineering and Business Metrics
See Common Problems
Identify patterns and common bottlenecks fast – no more manually pouring over PM data and spreadsheets
Dev Meets Biz
Single view for seeing where you’re spending your time and money
Cut Across PM Tools
See full time effort on projects, epics, and initiatives
Plan Better
Make decisions on reallocating resources based on actual data
Show Impact
Illustrate the relationship between investments and delivery
Spend Wisely
Reconcile budgets and resources with capacity forecasting and planning accuracy
See Common Problems
Identify patterns and common bottlenecks fast – no more manually pouring over PM data and spreadsheets
Dev Meets Biz
Single view for seeing where you’re spending your time and money
Cut Across PM Tools
See full time effort on projects, epics, and initiatives
Plan Better
Make decisions on reallocating resources based on actual data
Show Impact
Illustrate the relationship between investments and delivery
Spend Wisely
Reconcile budgets and resources with capacity forecasting and planning accuracy
Become a Business-Minded Engineering Leader
Integrate Your Issue Tracking and Project Management Tools
Connect your instance of Jira to LinearB and get all of your boards, epics, labels, and initiatives in one place. Then see where you’re putting your developer resources.Translate Engineering Project Effort into Hard Currency
See where your resources are being spent then input the average salary of your team members and get an accurate picture of what each of your projects, initiatives, and epics actually cost.Make Adjustments and Recommendations Based on Empirical Data
Negotiate priorities, showcase engineering’s impact in business terms, and offer data-backed suggestions on how to scale efficiency and where compromises are possible.
Engineering is the Department
Farther away from revenue
Bridge the gap with LinearB