Engineering metrics, capitalization & delivery insights
Practical guides on software capitalization, investment mix, roadmap predictability and DORA-style metrics from Jira.
How to capitalize software development costs in Jira without time tracking
A practical, no-timesheets way to estimate capitalizable software costs from your Jira data — and what auditors expect from the allocation.
Software capitalization without timesheets: ticket-share allocation explained
Why allocating engineering cost by delivered Jira tickets is a defensible alternative to timesheets, and how the calculation works.
ASC 350-40 software capitalization: a practical guide for engineering leaders
What ASC 350-40 means for capitalizing internal-use software, what changed recently, and how to keep your allocation defensible.
CapEx vs OpEx for software teams: what's capitalizable and how to allocate it
Which software development work is capitalizable, which is operational, and how to split the two without slowing teams down.
KTLO vs feature work: measuring your engineering investment mix
How to measure where engineering effort actually goes — new work, improvements, KTLO and productivity — and compare it to your targets.
Say/do ratio: measuring roadmap predictability from Jira epics
Use say/do ratio, on-time delivery and schedule slip to measure how reliably your roadmap commitments land — straight from Jira epics.
DORA metrics from Jira data — no GitHub or CI instrumentation needed
How to get DORA-style delivery signals from Jira issue flow alone, what's a true match, and where it's a proxy you should understand.
How to present engineering metrics to your board
A clear structure for a CTO board update: delivery, investment mix and capitalization — the metrics non-technical directors actually act on.
The engineering KPIs PE and VC firms expect from portfolio companies
The engineering metrics investors look for across a portfolio — delivery, investment allocation and capitalization — and how to standardize them.
Choosing a capitalization tool: a Tempo and LinearB alternative
If you only need CapEx/OpEx reporting, comparing timesheet- and Git-based tools with Jira-only ticket-share allocation.