Organization
Enabling TTM With Contributor Model Teams
Enabling TTM With Contributor Model Teams
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Architecture
The Problem with Non-Functional Requirements
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Organization
The Difference between Science, Engineering and Programmers and What it Means to You
Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians
Organization
Why CTOs Fail and What CEOs and CTOs Can Do About It
The rate of involuntary turnover for the senior executive running technology and engineering in a company is unfortunately high, with most senior technology…
Process
The Top Five Most Common Agile PDLC Failures
Agile Software Development is a widely adopted methodology, and for good reason. When implemented properly, Agile can bring tremendous efficiencies, enabling…
Organization
Achieving Results, Culture, and the AKF Equation
We can tell a lot about a company within the first hour or so of any discussion. Consider the following statement fragments:
Architecture
Evaluating Technology Risk Using Mathematics
The Relative Risk Equation
Organization
Avoiding the Policy Black Hole
During due diligence and in-depth engagements, we often hear feedback from client employees that policies either do not exist - or are not followed.
Leadership
How to write concisely
The Three Sentence Rule
Security
Security Considerations for Technical Due Diligence
It seems as though a week cannot go by without news reports of yet another data breach at a large, recognizable company. One wonders what has been compromised…
Architecture
Microservices for Breadth, Libraries for Depth
The decomposition of monoliths into services, or alternatively the development of new products in a services-oriented fashion (oftentimes called…
Leadership
Technical Due Diligence: Did We Get It Right
Technical Due Diligence: Did We get it Right?