The fundamental mission of a platform team is straightforward: ensure that the value provided by the platform substantially exceeds the costs of implementing it. But when should you spin up a platform team?| www.swarmia.com
Learn the essentials of the SPACE framework: the what, the why, best practices, and steps to get started — including an example template.| www.swarmia.com
Just because you can measure something doesn’t mean you should. In this article, we discuss the downsides of common Git metrics and suggest research-backed alternatives.| 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
Planning is one of the skills that separates great product teams from the good ones. Here’s the process we follow at Swarmia to plan stories as a team.| 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