Blog, news and resources for engineering effectiveness
[E-book] The Dev Team Playbook
Software development is a team sport. A good team can’t win without a good coach ― and vice versa. The interdependence between devs, managers, and execs is vital for success.
6 things your devs aren’t telling you
Brian Park, Engineering Manager at Uplevel, pulls from his experience as a developer to be a more supportive manager. In this byline, he shares his shortlist of things to remember when thinking about your dev team culture.
Feature launch: PR Workflow is now interactive
We just made some exciting updates to one of the most loved charts on the Uplevel dashboard: PR Workflow. It’s now easier than ever to see work being done team-wide.
We tried a 4-day workweek for three months. Here’s what we learned.
In January of this year, after months of careful planning and communication, we began our four-day workweek experiment. The results were better than expected.
Spring cleaning for dev teams: tidying up the tools you use most
Cleaning up your digital workspaces can be a huge productivity boost for you and your dev team. Our spring cleaning checklists can help get you started with some easy ways to spruce up your Jira, calendars, Slack/Teams, and GitHub.
How to turn allocation insights into action for your dev team
Part of our Executive Insights, Allocation translates tickets and PRs into time distributions. Leveraging the real-time data can help you better align dev team efforts with your big-picture goals.
Case study: How Opn used Uplevel to improve sprint health
Opn relies on Uplevel’s Sprint Health insights to drive conversations with team members, ensuring engineers are being supported to deliver their best work.