Critiquing Software Productivity Metrics: The Shortcomings of Lines of Code

Max Schireson and Jason Mendel, from Battery Ventures recently published an article on Managing and Measuring R&D spend including key metrics from the DORA and SPACE frameworks and they also introduced their own 5 step R&D measurement framework including:

• Allocate top down
• Break R&D into granular buckets (not a lump sum)
• Listen to product-adjacent teams that are customer-facing
• Be deliberate about measuring success of R&D projects
• Hold the full team accountable

The article also includes benchmarks from Battery Ventures portfolio company, LinearB.

If you are interesting in best practices on measuring R&D productivity, this episode is a great listen!

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