# Translate R&D Costs into Business Outcomes | LinearB Profitable Engineering

> Prove the impact of your R&D with LinearB. Align resource allocation to business needs, translate engineering output into cost and effort.

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# Profitable Engineering

Are you translating R&D costs into business outcomes?

Prove your impact on the bottom line by: 
* Aligning resource allocation to business needs
* Translating engineering output into effort and cost
* Focusing on new value creation and revenue generating activities

[Book a demo](https://linearb.io/book-a-demo)
[Start free trial](https://linearb.io/start-free-trial)

![Investment Profile and New Value](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_1735/f_auto/q_auto/v1/prof-eng-lottie-mobile?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

Customers: SurveyMonkey Logo, Mitratech Logo, Syngenta Logo, INGKA Logo, Silicon Labs Logo, BigID logo, Expedia logo, Peloton logo, Equinix logo, Vizio logo, Solace logo, Astronomer Logo, Norwegian Cruise Line Logo, Gainwell Logo

Resource Allocation

## Visualize your investment strategy

Use investment data to show how your team is spending their time. Understand the impact of shifting resources across projects and initiatives.

### Data-driven Project Investment

Communicate the impact of new requests by connecting them to budget, resourcing and projects.

![Data-driven Project Investment](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_1801/f_auto/q_auto/v1/pds-decisions-anon?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

### Strike the right balance

Gain a holistic understanding of where effort is being invested and where you can reallocate resources to increase new value creation.

![Strike the right balance](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_1920,h_1350/f_auto/q_auto/v1/strike-the-right-balance-rev?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

![Engineering Metrics Benchmarks: Cycle Time](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_2552/f_auto/q_auto/v1/optimize-your-operational-impact?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

Engineering Metrics & Insights

## Optimize your operational impact

### Scale your team efficiently

Gain insight into every step of your SDLC. Find friction points and build an improvement strategy for your team.

### Boost your team’s output

Use data and insights to increase the velocity of your code throughput. Unblock the workflow bottlenecks that slow your team down.

![WorkerB: Set the right goals and drive results.](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_1872/f_auto/q_auto/v1/set-the-right-goals-drive-results?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

Goals and Reporting

## Set the right goals and drive results

### Tracking performance

Improve the health of your engineering organization. Set goals with full visibility into the leading indicators of team performance.

![WorkerB: This PR is not linked to a Jira Ticket](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_1920,h_1851/f_auto/q_auto/v1/automate-value-delivery-rev?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

Programmable Workflows

## Automate value delivery

### Reduce developer toil

Eliminate tedious tasks with one-click workflows and automated pull request routing.

### Improve merge frequency

Find the right reviewer, auto approve safe changes, and minimize the cognitive load of the merge process to build smooth delivery paths. The result? Shorter cycles and more value delivered faster.

![Progress over time and insights chart](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_2562/f_auto/q_auto/v1/deliver-projects-on-time-rev?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

Project Forecasting

## Deliver projects on-time

### See how your projects are progressing

Keep priority projects on track with visibility into planning and capacity metrics, delivery cadences and progress against deadlines.

### Mitigate risks proactively

Identify project risks before they become a problem using automated insights into delivery risk, resource management issues and project best practices.

![Engineering Has a Predictability Problem.](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_2560,h_2181/f_auto/q_auto/v1/content-module.elg-predeictable-project-delivery?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

## Engineering Leader’s Guide to Predictable Project Delivery

Predictable project delivery is the ultimate engineering outcome. In this comprehensive guide, you’ll find:

How Syngenta became more predictable at scale

Guidance on optimizing engineering spend with resource allocation visibility

Tactical advice for setting data-backed goals that align stakeholders with clear reporting

![Photo of Jason Warner](https://assets.linearb.io/image/upload/c_fit,w_828,h_681/f_auto/q_auto/v1/jason-warner-di?_a=BAVMn6ID0)

“If you're an app company... and you're talking about a fully distributed systems backend using Kubernetes... you've lost the plot. Focus on keeping your costs down and your infrastructure simple and get more people to use your app on a regular basis.”

Jason Warner

CEO, Poolside

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