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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Comprehension Debt: The Hidden Cost of AI-Generated Code

Comprehension debt is the growing gap between the code your team ships and the code they actually understand. Here's how to spot it—and what...

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When the Bottleneck Isn't the Code

When AI handles code generation, the bottleneck shifts from production to problem definition, feedback loops, and human adaptation. Here's what...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The AI-Native SDLC: Why Faster Developers Won't Save Your Software Delivery

AI-assisted ≠ AI-native. Learn why speeding up developers doesn't improve delivery—and what engineering leaders should measure instead.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Assembly Line Moment: Why Engineering Leaders Must Evolve from Execution to Orchestration

The technical skills that got engineering leaders promoted are being commoditized. Here's the shift from execution to orchestration—and the three...

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The Leadership Playbook for Sustainable AI Code Assistance

AI is running the same playbook as cloud, mobile, and containers—just faster. Here's how engineering leaders can turn temporary speed spikes into...

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The End of Reactive Engineering Management: Why the Identify-Analyze-Execute Cycle Is Killing Your Strategy

Welcome to the identify-analyze-execute cycle, the most expensive productivity trap in modern software development.

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Company News Product Updates

Allstacks Intelligence Engine Makes Traditional Engineering Dashboards Obsolete

Allstacks introduces Intelligence Engine, an AI-native platform that provides actionable insights through breakthrough semantic data fabric.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Hidden Tax of 'Quick Wins'

We all know there's something seductive about a quick win. It's tangible, immediate, and feels like progress. Your team ships a feature, closes a...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Emoji Commit Index: How 🎨 and 🐛 Became Our Best AI Adoption Metric

A lighthearted investigation into how developers accidentally created the world's most delightful leading indicator

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From Dashboards to Deep Research: The AI-Native Approach to Engineering Leadership

AI coding agents are writing thousands of lines of code daily across your teams. Developers are becoming orchestrators rather than authors. Daily...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Product-Engineering Bridge: Why "What" vs. "How" Creates Friction (And How to Fix It)

After nine years in product management and countless cross-functional planning sessions, I've learned that most product-engineering friction isn't...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

‘Green Status, Red Reality’ Is Killing Your Engineering Budget—and Your Productivity

Every month (and sometimes every week), engineering leaders gather for project reviews. PowerPoint slides glow green with confidence. Teams nod...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Your AI Transformation Roadmap: A CTO's Guide to Successfully Integrating AI Across Your Organization

After spending over a decade in machine learning and now leading AI integration at Allstacks, I've watched dozens of engineering teams navigate this...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Engineering Leadership's Whack-A-Mole Problem

I've been interviewing engineering leaders recently—what started as conversations about AI adoption, team scaling, and delivery optimization revealed...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Are You Building Software or Building Reports About Building Software?

Let me ask you something that might sting a little: How much time did your team spend this week actually shipping code versus sitting in meetings...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Don’t Build Dashboards, Build Understanding. The Engineering Intelligence Revolution

The software engineering landscape is drowning in data. Every commit, pull request, and deployment generates metrics that teams dutifully track...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

When Building Becomes Free: The Post-Scarcity Product Paradox

What happens when AI makes software development approach infinite efficiency?

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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...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Events

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 for executives navigating the AI revolution in...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

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 question: "Can you actually focus on your primary...

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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 frameworks that balance velocity with quality,...

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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...

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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).

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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,...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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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.

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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...

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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...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Making the Case for Increased Deploy Frequency When Your Hands Seem Tied

Many engineering leaders in regulated industries feel powerless to improve their deploy frequency—but is the limitation real—or just the way things...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

Welcome to the Run Phase: Mastering Software Engineering Metrics

In this third installment, we're tackling the "Run Phase" – where your metrics program transforms from a useful tool into a strategic superpower.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

Software Development Metrics - Taking Your First Steps in the Walk Phase with Allstacks

Since our last post, you've spent time in the crawl phase getting familiar with your baseline metrics. Now it's time to leverage that foundation and...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

Software Development Metrics - A Crawl, Walk, Run approach with Allstacks (Part 1)

Welcome to the first installment in our Crawl/Walk/Run series to help you bring meaningful metrics into your software development process.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Best Practices

Metrics Viewpoint (Update): If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It! - From Every Angle

Today, let’s discuss how to put a metrics approach that is inclusive of both quantitative and qualitative points of view.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Best Practices

The Software Delivery Crisis: A Leadership Perspective

Let's talk about something that's driving every tech leader crazy right now: why can't we seem to get software delivered on time and on budget?

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Feature Releases

What are developer experience surveys telling leaders?

Ever stare at your engineering dashboards and feel like something's missing? Sure, you can see all the commits, PRs, and velocity charts, but that...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Feature Releases

Using Allstacks to Measure the Impact of GitHub Copilot AI on Software Development

What types of data should your team be focusing on to assess GitHub Copilot? Here are a few examples of how measuring and understanding the key...

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Product Updates

Unlocking 360-Degree Engineering Team Insights

Discover how Allstacks' new features provide unparalleled insights into engineering team dynamics and performance, combining real-time data with...

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Company News Product Updates

Allstacks Release Roundup: What We Delivered in Q3 2024

At Allstacks, our mission is to empower engineering teams with actionable insights and the tools they need to succeed. In Q3, we rolled out a host of...

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Events Community

Allstacks Webinar Recap - Metrics in Motion: Transforming Data into Action

The real-time demonstration of Allstacks' capabilities really brought our discussion of engineering metrics to life - hosted by our Director of...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

From Metric Overload to Focused Insights: A Software Engineering Manager's Journey

Over the course of time as an engineering leader, I've seen my fair share of trends come and go. But perhaps none has been as persistent – and at...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Metrics Viewpoint: The Positives and Negatives of Using Lines of Code

When measuring software developers, using lines of code as a key metric has its advantages and disadvantages.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

Initiatives, Epics, Stories, and Tasks: The Allstacks Way

By aligning business goals and day-to-day engineering work, you both empower teams to directly add to the bottom line, while also helping leaders...

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Company News Industry News

Allstacks announces $10M in Series A Funding

Allstacks secures $10M in Series A funding led by Quadri Ventures, M12, Microsoft's Venture Fund, and First Rays Venture Partners to enhance software...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Revolutionizing the AI-Powered Software Lifecycle? Be metric centric!

The marriage of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and software development is ushering in a new era of efficiency, innovation, and productivity. This...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

Planning Effectively by Understanding Capacity

At Allstacks, planning begins with a detailed review of how our efforts were distributed in the previous period across our investment categories....

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Engineering Metrics Viewpoint:  If You Can't Measure It, You Can't Manage It!

There is no one-size-fits-all set of metrics that works across companies and product lifecycles. The metrics you prioritize should directly align...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Achieving Mastery in Software Delivery: The Path to Predictability and Customer Promotion

At Allstacks, we partner with software organizations to help them mature their development metrics approach and process to achieve a state of mastery...

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Product Updates

Allstacks | Release Roundup April-June '24

Catch all of the new feature releases with the latest Allstacks product updates, including UX redesign, integrations manager role, PDF dashboard...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Business Alignment - Blending Quarterly Plans and Weekly Sprint Cadence

At Allstacks we have collaborated with hundreds of software development leaders to both identify and communicate the best ways to operate engineering...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How One-Week Sprints Transformed Our Engineering Workflow at Allstacks

Transform your engineering workflow with one-week sprints at Allstacks. Discover the benefits, challenges, and key considerations for implementing...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

DORA- with an Allstacks boost

Discover how Allstacks boosts DORA metrics for improved DevOps and software development health. Tailoring metrics to your organization's needs is key...

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Tutorials & How-To

Using the Metrics Page - Allstacks Onboarding Series

Harness the Allstacks Metrics Page: from custom views, dynamic filters, to varied visualizations, tailored to showcase precise metric insights.

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From Plato Elevate: Build Your Dream Engineering Dashboard

In the ever-evolving world of software engineering, staying ahead of the curve requires a keen understanding of what truly drives productivity and...

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Community

Plato Elevate Recap

Here from our co-founder Hersh on the key themes discussed at the Plato Elevate Summit, effective alignment to business goals, productivity, team...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How To Leverage The #1 Trait of A Good Leader To Drive Your Team To Success

Interpersonal skills are an essential leadership trait, and maybe, the top skill of truly successful leaders. When navigating relationships in...

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Product Updates

Allstacks | Release Roundup | January-March 2024

Learn more about what's recently shipped in Allstacks and stay up to date with the latest and greatest that the platform has to offer in our release...

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Product Updates

Introducing the new Work Items Table (WIT) in Allstacks

Learn about the new Work Items Table in Allstacks. A new, powerful way to generate dynamic lists of deliverables that matter most to your teams.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Community

The VSM Tooling Landscape

In the final post in our series, we will examine the role of data and measurement tools in implementing an effective VSM program.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Industry News

Quadrant Solutions: Exploring Allstacks Value Stream Intelligence (VSI) Platform

Quadrant Knowledge Solutions discussion of Allstacks Value Stream Intelligence Platform.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Measuring Value to Quantify IT Success

Learn why measuring the value delivered to customers is crucial for software organizations. Discover key metrics for assessing value and understand...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Adopting Value Stream Management

In this third in a series of four guest posts Dr Krishna discusses the elements of a successful VSM program.

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Company News Product Updates

Allstacks Makes R&D Software Capitalization Generally Available

Now generally available, Allstacks Software Capitalization offering enables engineering teams to easily track software R&D investments and produce...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

What is Value Stream Management?

Dr Krishna Kumar delves into Value Stream Management, what it is, and why it matters to organizations today.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Why Value Streams Matter Now

Dr Krishna Kumar dives into value stream management, what it is, and why it matters for modern engineering teams. This is guest post 1 of 4 by Dr...

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Company News Product Updates

Allstacks 2023 in Review

Catch up on all of the product enhancements we made to Allstacks in 2023 with this post from our co-founder and CTO, Jeremy Freeman.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Don’t be fooled by single metrics of failure

Check out the argument to be made against the use of single metrics, stressing the need for a holistic approach that considers context and aligns...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Excuse me, did someone say developer productivity?

Dive into the controversy sparked by a McKinsey article on measuring developer productivity and the possibilities that exist when taking a balanced...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The Do's and Don’ts of Cultivating a Winning IT Culture

Get tips on what it takes to cultivate a winning IT culture in today's world of software development from Jeremy Freeman, CTO and Co-founder at...

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Company News Product Updates

Product Update | Dec. '23 | Revamped Dashboard Experience

Get an overview of the recent improvements made to dashboards and how to take advantage of the newest functionality in Allstacks.

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Company News Product Updates

Allstacks | Release Roundup September-October 2023

Stay up to date with the latest functionality available in Allstacks in this edition of our product update for September-October 2023.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Yes, Software Development is an Assembly Line, but not Like That

Software development is often viewed as analogous to an assembly line or a factory, but there's more to learn. Jeremy Freeman, CTO and co-founder at...

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Company News

Allstacks Named to Will Reed’s Top 100 Class of 2023

Allstacks is recognized for helping shape the future of workplace culture and chosen as a standout early-stage company as a part of Will Reed's Top...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

"Yes, you can measure software developer productivity"

Jeremy Freeman, CTO at Allstacks, provides his perspective on the importance of measuring developer productivity following a recent McKinsey &...

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Product Updates

Allstacks | Release Roundup June-August '23

Take 5 minutes to learn about the recent functionality we've shipped and how to make the most of the Allstacks app!

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Flow Metrics in SAFe 6 Help With Value Realization And Delivery

Learn how flow metrics can help companies determine if it is realizing value and better understand how to get that value into the hands of customers...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

6 Common SAFe Flow Metrics Mistakes (And How to Fix Them)

Learn about the common mistakes with SAFe and Flow metrics and how to fix them with Allstacks.

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Tutorials & How-To

Allstacks | Demo Video

Illuminate your engineering data with Allstacks. Integrate, analyze, and act on actionable insights. Drive predictable deliveries and harness the...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Events

Cross-Functional Metrics: Maintain Accountability While Aligning Engineering & Business Performance

Master the nexus of engineering and business with Allstacks' experts. Dive into impactful metrics, value stream intelligence, and strategies for...

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Company News Community

Allstacks | Brand Video

Uncover Allstacks – the game-changer in software project management. Dive into a world where integration, customization, and data-driven results take...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Product Updates

Allstacks Automated R&D Capitalization for Engineering and Finance Alignment

Unveil the nexus of engineering & finance in R&D Capitalization. Delve into its significance, current practices, and the revolution brought about by...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Product Updates

Automated R&D Capitalization from Allstacks

Uncover Allstacks' solution to the intricate R&D Capitalization process. Learn how automation elevates accuracy, simplifies time tracking, and...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Product Updates

Advanced Software Delivery Metrics Workshop

Unpack software delivery's complex dimensions with Allstacks Advanced Metrics. Explore key questions, from team operational variations to roadmap...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How Does Value Stream Management Help Organizations?

Discover how value stream management elevates software delivery teams, promoting a mutual understanding of value and fostering alignment with...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How Should You Use Your Benchmark Metrics?

Dive into the true essence of benchmarking. Shift focus from industry comparisons to internal insights, recognizing strengths, and driving impactful,...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Forecasting Metrics and Value Stream Management

Unravel the nuances of forecasting metrics and managing value streams. Ensure alignment with business initiatives, track market trends, and optimize...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Events

Leading Product & Engineering with a People-First Approach [Panel]

Experts discuss optimizing ROI in product & engineering by prioritizing people. Dive into collaboration, data use, empowering teams, and industry...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Events

How to optimize your product team during and post COVID-19

Top experts from InHerSight, AllStacks & more share strategies to bolster product teams' efficiency and motivation during and post the COVID-19 era.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Events

No More Risky Business: 5 VSM Trends to Better Your Software Delivery Webcast

Unearth the profound synergy between AI and value stream management in modern businesses, using real-world cases like Microsoft's journey with Office...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Events

DevOps - Managing Surface Area - Growing Your Product Without Slowing Down

Allstacks' CTO explores managing surface area in DevOps. Learn the power of simplicity, tool familiarity, and maximizing team potential....

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Community

Behind the Scenes with ClearDATA : How to Build Software Better

ClearDATA leaders share success in software dev during COVID. Insights on remote culture, process, tooling, and data-driven decisions....

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

People, Process and Outcomes: COVID-19 and the State of Software Development [Outcomes]

Examine the software development outcomes post-COVID with Allstacks. Insights on delivery, code releases, and supporting teams for success....

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Product Updates

People, Process and Outcomes: COVID-19 and the State of Software Development [Process]

Delve into the transformation of software processes during COVID-19 with Allstacks. Discover best practices & tools for a remote world....

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

People, Process and Outcomes: COVID-19 and the State of Software Development [People]

Explore the human facet of software dev amidst COVID-19 with Allstacks. Uncover how our most valuable resource adapts & thrives. #softwaredevelopment

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

People, Process and Outcomes: COVID-19 and the State of Software Development [Introduction]

Explore with Carolina from Allstacks: Delve into tracking the essence and quality of software development tasks in this in-depth demo.

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Tutorials & How-To

#SoftwareDevelopment Tracking: Use Case "What work is getting done? [Allstacks Demo]

Explore with Carolina from Allstacks: Delve into tracking the essence and quality of software development tasks in this in-depth demo.

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Tutorials & How-To

Allstacks Deliverables Report Demo

Unveil the power of Allstacks’ Deliverables Report. Boost alignment, predictability, and stakeholder trust in this illuminating demo.

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Tutorials & How-To

[Allstacks Demo] Using Engineering Data to Manage Up and Down #MeasureWhatMatters:

Explore Allstacks' dynamic features with experts Jeremy & Chad. Delve into integrations, reporting, and enhanced project management in this webinar.

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Tutorials & How-To

How to Use Allstacks for DORA Metrics in 3 Minutes

Jeremy unveils Allstacks' prowess in measuring essential DevOps metrics. Dive deep into change failure rate, deploy frequency, and lead time...

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Tutorials & How-To

The Milestone Report - Allstacks Onboarding Series

Unpack the Allstacks Milestone Report: detailed insights into deliverables, tracking scope, velocity, & potential risks. Your deep-dive after the...

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Tutorials & How-To

The Deliverables Report - Allstacks Onboarding Series

Unveil the Allstacks Portfolio Report: combine coding & project data for forecasts and statuses. Pin features, track progress & forecast with ease.

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Tutorials & How-To

Goals & Risks - Allstacks Onboarding Series

Explore Allstacks' risks page: set goals, monitor work, and avoid stalls. Learn about flexible rules, email alerts, and ensure work never fails...

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Tutorials & How-To

Allstacks Onboarding Overview

Get acquainted with Allstacks! Uncover the 3 pivotal components, from task tracking to performance metrics, for superior team workflow integration.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Tutorials & How-To

Demystifying Time Metrics: Cycle Time vs. Flow Time

Time metrics are incredibly useful but not interchangeable. Here’s how, when, and why to use cycle and flow time metrics to improve engineering...

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Company News

Allstacks Renews SOC 2 Certification, Demonstrating Data Security

Like years prior, Allstacks renewed its SOC 2 certification again in 2023.

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Product Updates

Ditch The Timesheets: We're Streamlining R&D Software Capitalization

Allstacks dramatically streamlines the process of R&D software capitalization. Here’s everything you need to know about how.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How to boost flow efficiency in enterprise engineering teams

Boost flow efficiency with these tips for engineering teams. Flow efficiency is an ideal metric to help engineering teams improve productivity.

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Company News

Allstacks Earns More Recognition from Customers in G2's Summer Survey

High ratings continue as Allstacks earns more recognition from customers in G2 Survey.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Engineering productivity starts with strategies, tactics, & metrics

Engineering productivity doesn’t just happen. Here’s a look at the best strategies, tactics, and metrics to help teams achieve maximum success.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership Industry News

5 Top Alternatives to Jellyfish Software

Choose the best engineering team metrics from 5 Jellyfish alternatives, including Allstacks, Pluralsight Flow, LinearB, Waydev, and Code Climate...

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Tutorials & How-To

The C-Suite Guide to SAFe (Scaled Agile Framework)

Organizations ready to quantify their engineering productivity should pair SAFe with a metrics measurement plan. Here's what SAFe is and how to do it.

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Maximizing Developer Productivity with Allstacks

Learn about the importance of developer experience, its connection to productivity, and how to turn data and metrics into action.

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Allstacks CEO Hersh Tapadia Named to the 2023 Triangle Business Journal 40 Under 40 List

Allstacks, a leader in value stream intelligence, proudly announces that CEO and co-founder Hersh Tapadia has been named to the 2023 Triangle...

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Allstacks Release Roundup, March-April 2023

Get a quick summary of release highlights in March and April 2023 and a preview of what’s to come on the product roadmap!

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Company News

Allstacks Named to Inc. Magazine’s Prestigious 2023 Best Workplaces List

Allstacks was named to Inc. Magazine's 2023 Best Workplaces list, which recognizes companies that excel at creating exceptional workplaces and...

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Tutorials & How-To

11 Top Software Developer Statistics for 2023

These 11 software developer productivity statistics reveal the industry's state in 2023.

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Company News

Allstacks’ Jamie Howard Selected as NEXT TECH Award Winner

Allstacks is proud to announce that our VP of Engineering, Jamie Howard, is a NEXT TECH Award Winner for 2023.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Maximizing Throughput: 6 Tips and Strategies for Large Engineering Teams

Large software development teams can maximize throughput using the right combination of metrics and out-of-the-box thinking. Here’s how.

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Company News

Allstacks Again Earns High Ratings By Securing Eight Badges from Customers in Spring 2023 G2 Survey

Allstacks achieves high scores for its ability to deliver value stream intelligence from customer reviews on G2 Crowd's spring 2023 report.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Understanding Flow Metrics: A Simple Guide for Advanced Practitioners

Flow metrics map the software development lifecycle to key business value drivers. Here’s how to improve efficiency, predictability, and...

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Tutorials & How-To

Doing More With Less: Scaling VSM in 2023

In just 45 minutes, gain the knowledge and insights you need to optimize your processes, reduce waste, and improve the overall quality of your...

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Company News

Evan Whelchel Joins Allstacks as Chief Revenue Officer

Allstacks announces a new Chief Revenue Officer, Evan Whelchel, as a result of ongoing go-to-market investments.

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Product Updates

Building a Highly Effective Agile Team Dashboard

This guide discusses best practices for designing exceptional Agile dashboards with metrics that generate real, actionable business value.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Stop Deleting Commits in Git

Squashing, rebasing, and syncing in Git: what's the best way to merge your code? We argue that at least one of these options isn't worthwhile

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Allstacks Earns Praise from Customers in Winter 2023 G2 Survey

Once again, Allstacks has earned seven badges from G2 for winter 2023. Thank you!

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

What Are DORA Metrics and Do They Actually Improve Engineering Performance?

What are DORA metrics? In this article, we explain the four main DORA metrics and determine if they’re actually effective for engineering performance.

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Company News

How to Develop Outcome-Based Engineering KPIs

Engineering leaders translate engineering activities into business outcomes. Here's practical advice on getting started with meaningful engineering...

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Tutorials & How-To

The Unseen Impacts of Code Freeze

Metrics that matter and how we have helped organizations translate data into quick, measurable, and sustainable impact for the organization.

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Company News

Allstacks Selected as a “Startup to Watch” by GrepBeat

GrepBeat's “Startups To Watch” recognizes ten early-stage technology startups that are making big news... and Allstacks is on the list.

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Tutorials & How-To

5 Ways to Turn Engineering Data Into Impact

Metrics that matter and how we have helped organizations translate data into quick, measurable, and sustainable impact for the organization.

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Company News

Allstacks Announces $6.5M in Seed 2 Funding

Today, we're excited to announce that Allstacks has raised a $6.5M Seed 2 round of financing led by Companyon Ventures.

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Company News

Allstacks Selected as Finalist for 2022 NC Tech Awards

Allstacks was selected as a finalist for the 2022 NC Tech Awards for digital transformation. Shucks, thanks NC Tech!

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Company News

Introducing Allstacks Alerts: Stay On Track and Reach Your Engineering Goals

With Allstacks Alerts, engineering teams define “Risks,” or specific parameters for a team or project, and then define how they would like to be...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Allstacks Earns Eight Badges in G2 Fall 2022 Reports

G2 recognized Allstacks value stream intelligence software with eight badges in its Fall 2022 awards. Shucks, thanks again G2!

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Company News

Allstacks Executives Bring Value Stream Intelligence Expertise to DevOps World

Jeremy Freeman and Adam Dahlgren are going to be featured speakers at DevOps World 2022, a major DevOps Industry Conference hosted by Cloudbees.

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Company News

Allstacks Receives Ten Badges from G2

G2 recognized Allstacks value stream intelligence software with ten badges in its Q2 Summer 2022 awards. Shucks, thanks again G2!

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Company News

Allstacks Received High Marks in GigaOm Radar for Value Stream Management Report

Allstacks was recently included in a GigaOm Radar for Value Stream Management Report which indicates the impact of the value stream management...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Solving 3 common software engineering challenges

Jamie Howard, VP of Engineering at Allstacks, discusses best practices to 3 common software engineering challenges discovered during implementation.

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Company News

Where you can find our team in May

May is busy for the Allstacks team with hosting its Software Engineering OKR webinar and speaking at VSMcon 2022 and 2022 State of Technology.

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Company News

Allstacks guide on how to develop a Definition of Done

Allstacks step-by-step guide to developing a definition of done in software engineering for the modern software development team.

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Product Updates

What is a “Definition of Done” in software and why you need it for alignment

Jamie Howard, VP of Engineering at Allstacks, discusses what is and why a definition of done is necessary in software development.

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Tutorials & How-To

Getting Started with OKRs in Software Engineering

A how to find the value in implementing software engineering OKRs that tie directly to the organization's goals and objectives.

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Company News

The sessions we're attending at Startup Week Raleigh - Durham 2022

The Allstacks team is attending Startup Week Raleigh - Durham with Hersh Tapadia, Jeremy Freeman and Jamie Howard speaking on different panels.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Leadership spotlight with Girish Hoogar: Managing internal and outsourced software development teams

Girish Hoogart, Executive Director of Global Cloud & Software Development at Lenovo, dives into managing internal and outsourced software development...

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Company News

International Women’s Day '22 | A starter list of inspiration and resources for women in tech

Allstacks recognizes International Women's Day and created a list of influential women in tech and resources for support and empowerment in the...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

New in Allstacks: Custom metrics grouping and Portfolio Report child nesting

Allstacks has released updates to support the exploration of data through the ability to group data on reports and parent/child linking on the...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Dear Engineering, we have a lot more in common than you think. Love, Sales.

Software engineering and SaaS sales teams have more a lot in common from their creativity to get the job done to their pressures to perform.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Patrick Bishop joins Allstacks as Senior Vice President of Sales

Allstacks announces Patrick Bishop as the new Senior Vice President of Sales that will continue the company's growth through strategic go-to-market...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

2021 All stacked up with Allstacks’ CEO, Hersh Tapadia

Allstacks stacked up its accomplishments of 2021 to review from the organization's rebrand to the Engineering Performance Industry Benchmarks.

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Company News

New Engineering Performance Industry Benchmarks — What does good look like?

The first-ever, real-time Engineering Performance Industry Benchmarks has arrived. Free to access. See how you stack up and set goals for continuous...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

A Checklist for Modern, High-Performance Engineering and Product Orgs

The traits of a true high-performance engineering and product org include visibility, ownership, and continuous improvement across all business...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Using Your Company Values to Guide Your Product Roadmap

Allstacks product manager, Mark Mulholland shares how he uses our company's values to guide our product roadmap to move the product and business...

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Company News

Jamie Howard joins Allstacks as Vice President of Engineering

Jamie Howard joins Allstacks as the VP of Engineering to help scale a high-performing engineering team that delivers repeatable and predictable...

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Company News

Highlighted Feature: View your Portfolio as a Timeline [Gantt Chart]

The new Portfolio Timeline View leverages our automated, intelligent forecasting to visualize the gap between your target dates and the forecasted...

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Company News

5 Technology Leaders You Need to Follow in 2022

Here are 5 technology leaders to follow in 2022 who are making major impacts in their respective industries and the technology industry at large.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Born to Build: Founder & CTO Lessons Learned from the Family Business to TechStars

Allstacks's founder & CTO's story is a serendipitous confluence of two critical influences through his formative years. Here we discuss his journey.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Embracing Data in Software Delivery & Leadership: Spotlight on  Krishna Patel

Krishna Patel on using data to improve how engineering uses analytics and data-driven insights to create better visibility in software delivery.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How did we get here? The Complex Journey to Value Stream Intelligence

Agile and DevOps trend toward delivering customer value and Value Stream Management takes too long to realize value. Value Stream Intelligence...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Forecasting software delivery. Engineering's new best friend.

Forecasted Delivery Dates are sourced from the engineering team's historical work and are a realistic prediction of when work will be completed using...

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Product Updates

Leading with Delegation, Autonomy & Trust with Product Leader, Krishna Patel

Krishna Patel's principles for keeping product and engineering teams and product stakeholders happy, productive, and strategically aligned.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

CTOs Should Prioritize Work Using One Simple Rule

CTOs. need to prioritize aggressively. While prioritizing leads to tough questions and conversations, it’s made easier by following one simple...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Translating Along the Business-Engineering Divide with Product Leader Krishna Patel

Krish has built an incredible career as a liaison between engineering and the business, which is often the missing link in effective software...

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Company News

Building the New Allstacks Brand: A Design Process Stacked with Meaning

We are talking about the process of arriving at the new Allstacks brand and how important it was it represented some of the core values of our...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Case Study: Building a North Star Operational Model for Engineering and IT

Allstacks is single source of truth of data for decision-making across IT and Engineering teams as our customer looks to modernize the way teams...

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Company News

Using Passive Engineering Data to Make Work “Work” in a Hybrid World

Can we use passive engineering activity data to adapt to our evolving workplace to more reliably ship software and eliminate developer burnout?

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Roadmap: Robust, Personalized Reporting Capabilities for All Product Stakeholders

We're rolling out new features that allow for greater personalization specific to each user’s role in the org and making it easier to standardize...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Stop Glamorizing Overwork and Prevent Software Engineer Burnout

Overcome the toxic trend of glamorizing developer overwork continues to define tech culture and is a leading factor of software engineer burnout.

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Company News

Building Trust Through Software Delivery: How to Make Friends with Your Product Team

Engineering is misunderstood. Here's how to create strong relationships between product teams, engineering, and the rest of the company to achieve...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

A Female Engineering Leader's Guide to Growing Software Teams

Engineering Team Lead, Lisa Scheibner shares her personal operating principles for growing great software teams and products for more gratifying work.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Aligning Our Brand to Put Relationships First in Software Delivery

Allstacks is aligning our brand to the promise of making the entire value stream more reliable, collaborative, strategic, and gratifying with every...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Engineering Metric: Use Commit Size to identify risky code

Along with Commit Frequency and Commit Volume, Commit Size is the final basic metric around the number of lines of code a developer creates.

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Product Updates

Make your daily stand-up more productive and meaningful

Are your stand-ups more of a ceremonial checklist than a true opportunity to align on priorities and unblock work? Let's make them data-driven...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

The people who don’t think they need Allstacks.

We want to squash your concerns before you have them so read on to learn the most common objections — or objectors we’ve met.

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Product Updates

Overcome Imposter Syndrome in Software Engineering

Imposter syndrome impacts nearly 60% of tech employees. Here are some data-driven, practical tips for engineers to overcome it.

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Company News

A message from “that sales guy,” Page.

I’m Page Trimble. You're probably here because I sent you an email. You're trying to figure me out. Spoiler alert — I am a sales guy here at...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Stop scrubbing Jira to understand engineering performance

Reporting from Jira has a less than stellar reputation which makes keeping software projects on track difficult.

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Company News

Our Roadmap: Leveling up Engineering in the Board Room

A look at Allstacks strategic roadmap initiatives that will empower engineering organizations to become equal players in the boardroom.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

4 Reports for Results-Driven Software Delivery

Can you answer, Was this release successful? and Did we make the right investment? Probably not. Allstacks has 4 out-of-the-box software delivery...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

How High-Performance Engineering Teams Improve Software Delivery

High-performance engineering teams harness and learn from the chaos to more effectively manage teams and anticipate risks using the data available to...

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Company News

Predictive Forecasting is a Game-Changer for Engineering Leaders

Predictive forecasting helps engineering teams manage risk to ensure more predictable, reliable, and repeatable outcomes.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

4 Common Pitfalls to Avoid When Tracking Engineering KPIs

Avoid common pitfalls when creating outcomes-based engineering KPIs: track outcomes, prioritize goals, ensure processes don't hinder KPI attainment,...

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Company News

Allstacks Selected As Finalist for Analytics Category in NC Tech Awards 2020

Allstacks is honored to be named a finalist for the Analytics + Big Data award from NC Tech.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Allstacks Takes Lead in 3 major G2 Crowd Fall 2020 Reports

Allstacks achieves high customer satisfaction scores for its ability to deliver business intelligence and exceptional customer service on G2 Crowd.

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Company News

Allstacks Returns to Venture Atlanta in 2020 with an Enterprise Focus

Allstacks is honored to showcase its solution at Venutre Atlanta 2020. This year, we’ve moved upmarket; enterprises with complex engineering and...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Happy, Productive Engineering & Product Teams [Panel]

Engineering and product leaders share their expertise building connected, productive, and motivated teams to support the growth and retention of...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Accurately Predicting Software Delivery (Part 2 of 4)

This series explores how Allstacks is accurately predicting completion times for software delivery.

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

ClearDATA Shares Engineering Productivity Success Story During Pandemic

ClearDATA shares how they maintained consistent software engineering productivity despite the pandemic and continuously delivered customer value.

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Company News

Allstacks Enhances Enterprise-Grade Security with SOC 2 Type II Certification

Allstacks, the leading predictive forecasting and risk management solution for software development, passed its SOC 2® Type II to better serve...

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Product Updates

Manage Strategic Roadmap Initiatives with the Portfolio Report

Get at-a-glance insights to proactively manage the delivery of your roadmap, identify process bottlenecks, and align engineering with the entire...

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Strategy & Thought Leadership

Expert Tips on Leading Remote Software Development Teams

Are you changing your work practices due to recent health concerns? Read our expert tips to help you manage your remote product and software teams.

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Company News

Allstacks Raises $4.7M Seed Round Led by Hyperplane Venture Capital

Startup with Skyrocketing Growth Secures Funds to Expand its Team and Grow the Company to Meet Demand for its Predictive Forecasting Platform

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Company News

Allstacks Selected as a Venture Atlanta 2019 Showcase Company 

Allstacks has been chosen out of hundreds of applicants as one of 42 rising star companies by Venture Atlanta.

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