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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Metrics Maturity Trap: When Your Dashboard Becomes Your Biggest Enemy

I've been talking to VPs of Engineering all year, and there's this pattern nobody wants to admit: the most successful metrics programs eventually become outdated and in many cases their own worst...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Hard Truth About AI and Developer Productivity: What Our July Webinar Actually Taught Us

Learn why baselines matter more than speed, how to avoid common pitfalls, and actionable strategies...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

How to Maximize Your ROI in Software Development: Start with Focus

I've been having conversations with developers lately— nearly 50 of them. I keep asking the same...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

Leading Through Data: The New Engineering Management Playbook for 2025

Engineering organizations are moving beyond single-metric thinking to embrace multi-dimensional...

Why Allstacks is Perfectly Built for AI

Let's talk about what makes Allstacks different when it comes to AI integration. While other companies are scrambling to bolt AI onto their existing...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

Weaving Agents Into the Developer's Flow

Why the future of development lies in knowing what to offload (and what to keep).

Strategy & Thought Leadership

From Code to Boardroom: What We Learned From 20 Engineering Leaders in Silicon Valley

Last month, we had the privilege of hosting an intimate dinner with 20 of Silicon Valley's most accomplished engineering leaders—what followed was an...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

How Product Management Can Use Engineering Metrics to Drive Better Delivery Outcomes

Continuing our discussion from last week on engineering managers and planning, we now shift our focus. This week, we'll jump into how Product teams...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

What Product Managers Wish Engineering Managers Knew About Planning

At Allstacks, we interact with product managers and engineering leaders every day across hundreds of software teams. We see firsthand how these...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

Your Bonus is at Risk: Why Executive Software Leaders Need Better Portfolio Metrics

As an executive software leader, your entire compensation package can hang on just two things: keeping your current systems running without drama,...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

Investment to Impact: Connecting Developer Productivity to Business Value

Learn why the path from investment to impact in software development requires clarity, rather than guesswork.

Company News Product Updates

Product Update | What’s New | May 2025

The Allstacks product and engineering teams have been hard at work—we’ll go over some of the recent improvements and new features to make sure you...

Product Updates R&D Capitalization

Take the Pain out of Software Capitalization with Allstacks

Engineering organizations need to know where their engineers spend time. Executives now face a fundamental challenge: they need to measure the work...

Feature Releases

Introducing DORA Scorecards in Allstacks: A Clear View of Engineering Performance

We’re excited to announce the launch of DORA Scorecards in Allstacks—your new hub for measuring and improving engineering performances.

Strategy & Thought Leadership

Metrics Viewpoint: Creating a Balanced Metrics Approach

As we discussed in our Crawl, Walk, Run series, tracking your software development lifecycle effectively requires a balanced approach across multiple...

Strategy & Thought Leadership

Building a Software Development Metrics Strategy: The Crawl/Walk/Run Approach

Over the past several weeks, we've explored the journey from metrics novice to metrics master using the Crawl/Walk/Run methodology. Here's a summary...