…and what to do about it… I wanted to map some classic business efficiency and software delivery books to derive meaning for a given business… Read More »How Does Ability to Innovate Impact Bottom Line?

I’ve just finished reading Team Topologies. And wow. What a game-changer. In the same way that XP and Agile were great advances for development (even… Read More »Team Topologies

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Here’s my take on how a SaaS product trajectory relates to support load and management risk tolerance. It’s my contention that for (say) a “typical”… Read More »The SaaS Product Risk Trajectory

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