Posts about Engineering
What Are DORA Metrics and Do They Actually Improve Engineering Performance?
December 16, 2022At a summer conference on Agile a few years prior to the COVID pandemic, I attended a panel discussion about productivit...
How to Develop Outcome-Based Engineering KPIs
December 5, 2022This is part I of Allstacks’ KPI Best Practices Series aimed at helping engineering teams measure what matters, stay ali...
Solving 3 common software engineering challenges
May 6, 2022Allstacks “turns the lights on” for software engineering teams operating in the dark to deliver customer value and impro...
Allstacks guide on how to develop a Definition of Done
April 25, 2022Organizational alignment should be a cornerstone of any company's operating principles to avoid potential miscommunicati...
What is a “Definition of Done” in software and why you need it for alignment
April 6, 2022One of the early startup phase advantages is building and maintaining alignment across the organization. It’s not hard t...
Getting Started with OKRs in Software Engineering
April 5, 2022Software engineering aims to provide value to end-users, which is a shared goal with the rest of the company. Companies ...
Leadership spotlight with Girish Hoogar: Managing internal and outsourced software development teams
March 17, 2022Our friend Girish Hoogar is the Executive Director of Global Cloud & Software Development at Lenovo.He has a long re...
Dear Engineering, we have a lot more in common than you think. Love, Sales.
February 15, 2022At Allstacks, we strive for effective cross-functional teamwork. This principle is carefully considered in what makes it...
New Engineering Performance Industry Benchmarks — What does good look like?
January 24, 2022If you're a software leader, you’re always working toward continuous improvement. But often teams operate in a vacuum. A...
A Checklist for Modern, High-Performance Engineering and Product Orgs
January 17, 2022All companies are—or should be—software companies. Regardless of industry, businesses everywhere innovate and modernize ...