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Sleuth wants to use AI to measure software developer productivity

TechCrunch

According to a 2021 Garden survey , the majority of developers found slow feedback loops during the software development process to be a source of frustration, second only to difficult communication between teams and functional groups. Managers need an unobtrusive way to proactively learn about bottlenecks affecting their teams.

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Four Metrics Every Engineering Manager Needs to Monitor for Success

DevOps.com

Engineering managers and leaders are charged with a challenging task every day: How do they support engineers to do their best work, and how do they know if their engineers are doing their best work? To enable an engineer’s best work, you’ll want to make sure they are […].

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LinearB wants to help development teams optimize their workflows

TechCrunch

LinearB , a startup that helps engineering leaders optimize the workflow of their development teams, today announced that it has raised a $50 million Series B round led by Tribe Capital. The company says it managed to grow its user base from 1,500 development teams in 2021 to over 5,000 today. Image Credits: LinearB.

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Use Git data to optimize your developers’ annual reviews

TechCrunch

The end of the year is looming and with it one of your most important tasks as a manager. Summarizing the performance of 10, 20 or 50 developers over the past 12 months, offering personalized advice and having the facts to back it up — is no small task. Three Git metrics can help you understand true performance quality.

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How to build a team that demands metrics

CircleCI

When we talk about metrics in software delivery, a lot of developers think of execution metrics — things like throughput, delivery and number of deploys. But in reality, those metrics don’t motivate anyone — at least not without connecting them to a bigger picture. Developers shouldn’t be obsessing over execution metrics.

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Metrics-driven engineering leadership: How to elevate the visibility of your distributed team

Netlify

Some leaders have attempted to gather metrics around velocity, estimation and other measures, but in many ways these numbers have fallen short. At Netlify, we’ve found that choosing the right metrics and focusing on the team rather than the individual can motivate the entire team to consistently deliver great results. Throughput.

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Forecasting 2023 Recruiting Trends With 6 Experts

Hacker Earth Developers Blog

2 What is your pro tip for HR professionals/engineering managers who are currently dealing with the hiring freeze and anticipating a huge deluge of vacancies next year? Rado: Engineering managers should be able to do “more-with-less” in the coming year. Hold people accountable to metrics, not KPIs.