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March 16, 2026 / Mikael Danielian

DORA Metrics: The Engineering Leader's Guide to Measuring Team Performance

Most engineering leaders know they should be measuring team performance. Few are measuring the right things. DORA metrics give you four signals that actually correlate with software delivery performance — here's how to implement them without turning your team into a dashboard.

March 06, 2026 / Mikael Danielian

How to Scale Your Engineering Team from 10 to 100

Most engineering leaders hit a wall somewhere between 10 and 30 people. Here's what actually works — from team topology to management promotion to staying technical without burning out.

February 28, 2026 / Mikael Danielian

CTO vs VP of Engineering: Two Roles, One Mission, Very Different Jobs

How two complementary leadership roles — one focused on technical vision, the other on engineering execution — work together to scale a technology organization

February 07, 2026 / Mikael Danielian

Firing Engineers: A Manager's Guide to Doing It Right

The cleanest way to let an engineer go isn't about being harsh—it's about giving honest feedback early, exiting decisively, and compensating generously so your team's velocity and trust remain intact.

April 24, 2025 / Mikael Danielian

The One Sprint Habit That Separates High-Performing Teams From the Rest

Steady delivery in Scrum doesn’t come from working harder—it comes from smarter sprint prep. Discover how proper refinement and planning can stabilize your team’s velocity.

April 24, 2025 / Mikael Danielian

The One Sprint Habit That Separates High-Performing Teams From the Rest

Steady delivery in Scrum doesn’t come from working harder—it comes from smarter sprint prep. Discover how proper refinement and planning can stabilize your team’s velocity.

April 06, 2025 / Mikael Danielian

5 Advanced Metrics Every Development Team Lead Should Track

Discover the top 5 advanced metrics that help development team leads assess team performance beyond basic metrics. Learn about PR cycle time, escaped defects, MTTR, technical debt ratio, and code churn to optimize your team’s efficiency and code quality.

April 06, 2025 / Mikael Danielian

5 Basic Metrics Every Development Team Lead Should Track

As a development team lead, tracking the right metrics is crucial to measure team performance. In this article, we explore 5 essential metrics—velocity, cycle time, deployment frequency, bug rate, and lead time for changes—that help ensure your team is delivering value efficiently and maintaining high quality.

February 23, 2025 / Mikael Danielian

Hosting Strategies for Web Apps: When to Use AWS

Discover the top three use cases where AWS (or similar cloud services) is the best choice for hosting web applications, focusing on scalability, global availability, and serverless architectures.