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A curated list of tips and tricks to help your team perform better.

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21 Software Development Metrics Leaders Should Track in 2025
Discover essential software development metrics to track team performance and improve code quality.
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How to calculate cycle time with GitHub and DevStats
Cycle time is a key performance indicator (KPI) that measures the amount of time it takes to complet
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Deep Work: Protecting Your Developer Flow State Is Your #1 Job (Activities Heat Map)
Deep work refers to highly productive activity resulting from a distraction-free environment that al
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What Are the DORA Metrics?
The success of engineering efforts can be complex and multifaceted. Often, engineers face challenges
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Measuring and Improving Software Delivery with DORA Metrics
DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics are key indicators of software delivery performance.
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How to Do a Great Code Review
As codebases grow and developers join and leave the team, the ability for any single developer to h
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How to Improve Your Planning Accuracy on Short-Term and Long-Term
When businesses develop software, meticulous planning is essential. Modern businesses tend to use ag
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Why Is Cycle Time the Most Important Metric in Software Development?
Software development teams are pressured to deliver value quickly and consistently without compromis
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How to Deal with Unplanned Work in Software Development
Unplanned work is just what you would expect—anything that needs to be done but hasn't gone through
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Lead time for changes vs cycle time for software developers
The ability to efficiently take an idea from a concept to a user-ready feature is a key workflow for
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What is a cycle time report?
The software development lifecycle (SDLC) refers to the overall process of building and maintaining
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Improving delivery by measuring lead time for changes
If a development team wants to stay competitive, innovative features and seamless user experiences
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