Wellness Workload in Developer Coaching

How It Works
Interpreting the Graph
Why It Matters
Recommended Usage
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The Wellness Workload view in LinearB’s Developer Coaching module provides visibility into a developer’s cognitive load and context switching—two key factors that impact productivity, focus, and overall development experience (DevEx).

This visual insight helps leaders better understand how effectively developers are able to focus on and complete work, and whether their workflow is fragmented, overloaded, or balanced.

How It Works

The Wellness Workload view is responsive to the date range selector at the top of the screen. It presents developer activity over time, grouped by branch or issue, and automatically formats the display to highlight key patterns.

Each column in the graph represents a time slice (e.g., day or week), and the colors within each column represent different branches or areas of work.

This lets you quickly assess:

✅ How many different tasks or branches a developer is juggling

✅ Whether work is being completed cleanly before starting new work

✅ Patterns of focus, context switching, or multitasking

✅ Signals of unbalanced or overloaded workstreams

Interpreting the Graph

A healthy wellness pattern typically shows:

2–3 colors per column, indicating a manageable number of concurrent tasks.
Colors staying within a single column, which shows work is being completed before the developer moves on to the next task.
A balanced blend of new features, enhancements, and "keep-the-lights-on" tasks (like bug fixes).

Why It Matters

Too much simultaneous work or extended multitasking can lead to:

Cognitive overload
Frequent context switching
Reduced efficiency and increased cycle times
Burnout risk

The Wellness Workload view helps identify these early—so you can adjust expectations, redistribute work, or coach developers toward more sustainable practices.