Stop measuring AI adoption. Start measuring AI impact. | LinearB’s APEX framework

About this episode

The episode discusses the APEX framework by LinearB for measuring AI impact on software delivery.

Are your AI coding tools actually making your team faster, or are they just creating downstream chaos? This week, Ben Lloyd Pearson and Dan Lines introduce APEX, LinearB’s new engineering leadership framework built explicitly to measure and manage software delivery in the AI era. Moving beyond traditional frameworks like DORA and SPACE, APEX balances AI Leverage, Predictability, Efficiency, and Developer experience to ensure upstream code generation translates into actual business value. Tune...

People in this episode

Guests: Ben Lloyd Pearson, Dan Lines

Topics covered

• AI adoption
• software delivery
• engineering leadership
• APEX framework
• developer experience
• business value

Keywords

• AI coding tools
• software delivery
• APEX framework
• developer experience
• business value

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: LinearB, DORA, SPACE

Products: APEX

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