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1-10-100 rule in quality software development
What is the 1-10-100 Rule in Software Development Quality Control?
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Leadership
Leadership Anti-Pattern: Victim Mentality
Please consider the context, disparity in power, and in all but one case (as of the writing of this post) the outcomes associated with the following…
Product
The Technology Adoption Life Cycle and Sticky Notes [The Formula to Quickly Reach The Right Market]
In one of the worst quotes in American history (followed closely by every popular quote from a Marvel character), Ralph Waldo Emerson said:
Process
CEO Guide to Quality Engineering
What is Quality Engineering?
Organization
STEM Education - A Growing National Security Crisis
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Leadership
Team Dynamics - Affective and Cognitive Conflict
I’m guessing that it wouldn’t surprise you to find out that the worst performing teams are in constant conflict. But what if I were to tell you that the…
Architecture
CEO Guide To Breaking Up The Monolith
WHAT IS A MONOLITH AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ITS IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS? You may have noticed your engineering teams are too slow or your CTO has…
Leadership
CEO Guide to Innovation
What is Innovation?
Architecture
Why You Need an Architecture Team
One of the most concerning trends we’ve seen lately is the nearly complete elimination of architecture teams. We’ve unfortunately seen several clients go down…
Process
Technical Product Owners Are a Symptom of An Agile Failure
Over the last decade or so, I have seen a reemergence of the dreaded “business analyst”. These folks were the wait-staff of the waterfall lifecycle, taking…
Architecture
CEO Guide to Managing Tech Debt and Overall Platform Health
What is Technical Debt and how does it relate to overall application health?
Organization
What is Product Operations and How to Implement Product Operations
Visit 100 websites and 100 companies and you’ll find neither a consistent definition nor a consistent implementation for Product Operations. As Marty Cagan…