Performance fluctuates widely in most companies because there's such inconsistency in how people are managed.| Gallup.com
Today, having Continuous Integration is table stakes. Yet, CI pipelines are a common cause for developer frustration. And that’s why in this blog post, we walk through the five properties that make for a great CI experience.| www.swarmia.com
Interruptions — anything that yanks a developer out of that elusive “flow” state — can appear out of nowhere. When you make your processes interruption-aware, your team can focus on what they do best: building great products.| www.swarmia.com
In this article, we introduce a framework for balancing engineering investments across four categories and explain how to get started.| www.swarmia.com
Eight great reasons why you should write small pull requests and tips on how to do it in practice.| www.swarmia.com
While the four DORA metrics are a useful tool for understanding your software delivery performance, here are some things you should know before you jump head-first into measuring them.| www.swarmia.com
If your software team isn’t shipping fast enough, you’ll want to optimize issue cycle time. Here’s how to identify and fix a few of the most common problems.| www.swarmia.com
The software world gave up too soon on measuring development productivity, deeming it impossible. A few years ago a new wave of research arrived that proved otherwise. After discussing the foundations for this measurement approach, this article will share some practical tips for instrumenting a modern high-performance and continuously improving development organization.| www.swarmia.com
Retrospectives using only subjective data easily lead to skewed insights and actions. One solution is to add a "present hard data" step to your retrospectives.| www.swarmia.com
Learn why the most successful teams use code reviews, how to adopt them with your team, and what 16 best practices we recommend.| www.swarmia.com
Learn everything you need to get started with working agreements: the what, the why, best practices, and example templates.| www.swarmia.com