GreenBar

OCTOBER 26, 2020

What had started as a technology gap analysis had turned into more of a venting session about the growing pains he was seeing in his organization. For example, a marketing person is responsible for technical issues (or vice versa). In software development, 15-30% of a team’s capacity is typically reserved for technical debt.

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James Shore

OCTOBER 15, 2020

To share your thoughts, join the AoAD2 open review mailing list. In the West, it’s come to mean a process of continuous gradual improvement: constantly reviewing and improving your practices at all levels of the organization. Start with an influential manager you trust and recruit them as an ally. The VP liked what I had to say.

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Honeycomb

JULY 14, 2023

Charity once said an off-hand sentence that became a mantra for my transition into the VP of Engineering role: “Directors run the company.” A successful startup engineering team has to say no to tantalizing opportunities constantly. Are we executing against the strategy as planned? Is it having the desired impact?

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taos

JULY 18, 2017

Frankly, I don’t know a single CIO, CTO or VP of Engineering or Operations that would disagree with me. In these cases, a technical refresh is a considerable expense and by moving to a public cloud the solution can, in some cases, be less expensive than rolling your own update. Public cloud is not cheaper! There, I said it!

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