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Battery's Take on Managing and Measuring R&D Spend

with the Metrics Brothers

Max Schireson and Jason Mendel, from Battery Ventures recently published an article on Managing and Measuring R&D spend including key metrics from the DORA and SPACE frameworks and they also introduced their own 5 step R&D measurement framework including:


  • Allocate top down

  • Break R&D into granular buckets (not a lump sum)

  • Listen to product-adjacent teams that are customer-facing

  • Be deliberate about measuring success of R&D projects

  • Hold the full team accountable


The article also includes benchmarks from Battery Ventures portfolio company, LinearB.


If you are interesting in best practices on measuring R&D productivity, this episode is a great listen!


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