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Compare the differences between Code Climate Velocity and LinearB

How does Code Climate Velocity (launched 2011) compare to LinearB (launched 2018) over 53 features that NoteApps indexes? We have found & documented 17 features in Code Climate Velocity vs 28 features in LinearB. A complete accounting of their feature availability is provided below.

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Code Climate Velocity has 17 cataloged features
LinearB has 28 cataloged features

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Code Climate Velocity advantages
No categories were found where Code Climate Velocity held a substantive feature advantage

LinearB advantages
  • 4 Google DORA features that Code Climate Velocity lacks
  • 3 Pull Requests features that Code Climate Velocity lacks

Code Climate Velocity

Launched 2011
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LinearB

Launched 2018
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Code Quality
Instrumentation of code quality metrics
Bug-fixing work graph
Graph of how much recent work has been spent on bug-fixing
Copy/paste graph
A graph show how much duplicated code has been generated
Copy/paste graph => Copy/paste within commit
Within a particular commit, the amount of copy/pasted code is graphed
Copy/paste graph => Copy/paste within repo
How many duplicated blocks of code exist across the entire repo
Cyclomatic (or equivalent) complexity analysis
Graph of the cumulative complexity (often expressed as "cyclomatic complexity") per file
Legacy refactor graph
Graph shows how much work is being done to refactor legacy code (by deleting, moving, or updating it)
Tech debt directories
A graph or table shows the directories that are deemed highest in tech debt
Tech debt files
Which files have the highest percentage of defects during a chosen time range
Test code graph
How much energy/volume has been dedicated to writing & maintaining test code
Developer Experience (DevEx)
Analytics to measure the experience of the team's developers
Active days with commit
Manager can be notified when developers are complete a commit during a worked day
Deep work percent
What percentage of the week was available for developers to undertake uninterrupted programming
Documentation coverage graph
The cumulative energy or work volume spent writing or maintaining repo documentation
Employee Net Promoter Score (NPS)
Developers can be surveyed for what percent would recommend their work environment to a friend
Progress consistency graph
A per-hour graph is available to indicate whether certain times of week tend to prevent productive work
Satisfaction/sentiment survey
Manager can measure their team's satisfaction via a configurable developer survey
Satisfaction/sentiment survey => Anonymized satisfaction survey
Surveys can be configured to allow (or obligate) anonymous responses
Developer Productivity Measurement
What possibilities does the app offer with regard to evaluating the capabilities of an individual developer?
Blended measurement is featured
The company spotlights at least one "summary" metric that, they purport, collectively shows team velocity over time
Changed Lines of Code Graph
Commit Count Graph
Notification on above average performance
Notification on below usual performance
Stack-rank [Anti-Feature]
A "leaderboard" where developers are put in order of performance is available. EngineeringAnalytics staff recommends against this feature, but still tracks it for completeness.
Google DORA
Features pertaining to Google DORA
Change Lead Time Graph
A graph of the average time from "first change" to "deployed"
Critical defects
Site allows critical defects (the unit of "site defects" and "time to repair") to be recorded and resolved
Critical defects => API to mark resolved
An API call can be utilized to designate defects as repaired
Critical defects => Entered via UI on site
Critical defects => Recognized via issue
A Jira ticket with one or more fields of a particular value (e.g., "Severity" of "Very high") can be auto-interpreted as a defect
Defect Rate (%) Graph
Deploy Frequency Graph
Deploy tracking
Repo deploys are recorded
Deploy tracking => Recorded via API
Mean Time to Repair (MTTR) Graph
Critical defects are tracked and presented as a graph of the team's MTTR
Historical Performance Stats
What charts, graphs and related features are available to see how the team has performed in the past vs. present?
Annual review
An report is available that summarizes the past months (configurable, to at least 3, 6 and 12) of an individual developer's achievements
Blended Team Progress Graph
Graph that blends team performance metrics together as a convenience to confer overall progress
Issue Tracker
What features are available to help a team stick to implementing features & improvements directed by the team's issue tracker (e.g., Jira)
Bug Work Graph
Illustration of the relative volume of developer work on fixing bugs: either tickets with "bug" label, or tickets otherwise inferred as bug work
Issues by Size Graph
Issues are graphed by the volume of work that was applied to them during a time range
Unplanned Work Graph
Illustration of the relative volume of developer work that was applied to working on issue tracker tickets, vs. unattributed work
Pull Requests
Features and notifications pertaining to pull requests
Abandoned (No recent work)
Pull requests that haven't received any work over a long duration generate a notification
Abandoned (closed without merge)
Notifications can be generated when a pull request is closed without being merged
Code Review
An on-site tool is available to review and comment upon the code that implements a pull request
Cycle Time ("First Change" to "Merged") Graph
Cycle Time ("First Change" to "Merged") Graph => Notification thresholds can be set
Threshold can be chosen to be notified when too much time passes between "First Change" and "Merge"
Lead Time ("First Change" to "Deploy") Graph
Lead Time ("First Change" to "Deploy") Graph => Notification can be set
Threshold can be chosen to be notified when too much time passes between "First Change" and "Deploy"
Pickup Time ("Open" to "First Review") Graph
A graph summarizes the team's running average time from "PR open" to "first review," sometimes referred to as "Pickup Time"
Pickup Time ("Open" to "First Review") Graph => Notification thresholds can be set
The user can choose a threshold at which to receive notifications when a PR has exceeded the "open" to "first review" target
Review Time ("First Review" to "Merge") Graph
Size Graph
A graph of the "total mass" (commits, blended metric, etc) for PRs opened
Size Graph => Notification thresholds can be set
Notification can be automated when a PR exceeds size target
Target for "Test" code
A threshold/notification can be set for the amount of code/energy dedicated to tests (unit, integration, or system)
Unreviewed When Merged Graph
A graph of the percentage of PRs that were merged without receiving a non-bot review
Sprint/Weekly Progress Indicators
What features are available to track day-to-day progress, including progress on the team's sprint, if sprints are used?
Burndown Chart
A chart depicts how much work remains for the current sprint
Time to Complete Estimate
A graph or similar visualization depicts the projected time to finish the pending Sprint tasks
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