Why story points and velocity really matter

The Many Unfortunate Meanings of Cloud

Enough is enough already – stop using the term “Cloud”. Somewhere during the last 20 years, the term “Cloud” started to mean to product offerings what Sriracha…

Marty Abbott

June 5, 2018 · 3 min read

Leadership

The No Surprises Rule

No Surprises We blogged recently about how to write precisely and concisely, highlighting how important it was to learn the “Three Sentence Rule” early in our careers…

AKF

May 23, 2018 · 3 min read

Architecture

4 Landmines When Using Serverless Architecture

Physical Bare Metal, Virtualization, Cloud Compute, Containers, and now Serverless in your SaaS? We are starting to hear more and more about Serverless computing. Sometimes you…

Dave Berardi

May 20, 2018 · 2 min read

Do you know what is negatively affecting your engineers' productivity? Shouldn't you?

Meetings, meetings, meetings. How many times have we said that? Visiting dozens and dozens of clients per year, we see a number of customers whose culture seems to be extremely…

AKF

May 13, 2018 · 3 min read

Leadership Process

Three Reasons Your Software Engineers May Not Be Successful

Three Reasons Your Software Engineers May Not Be Successful At AKF Partners, we have the unique opportunity to see trends among startups and well-established companies in the dozens…

Pete Ferguson

May 10, 2018 · 6 min read

Organization Process

Enabling TTM With Contributor Model Teams

Enabling TTM With Contributor Model Teams We often speak about the benefits of aligning agile teams with the system’s architecture. As Conway’s Law describes, product/solution…

Dave Berardi

May 6, 2018 · 3 min read

SaaS

The Problem with Non-Functional Requirements

Image Credit Many of our clients use the term “Non-Functional Requirements” to group into a basket those portions of their solution that don’t easily fit into method or function-based…

Marty Abbott

May 4, 2018 · 4 min read

The Difference between Science, Engineering and Programmers and What it Means to You

Scientists, Engineers, and Technicians What is, or perhaps should be, the difference between a Computer Scientist, Data Scientist, Software Engineer, and Programmer? What…

Marty Abbott

May 3, 2018 · 7 min read

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 executives lasting…

Marty Abbott

May 2, 2018 · 7 min read

Leadership Organization Process Product

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 your teams to move…

Dave Swenson

April 27, 2018 · 5 min read

Architecture

The Scale Cube

The Scale Cube is a model for segmenting services, defining microservices and scaling products. It also creates a common language for teams to discuss scale related options in…

Marty Abbott

April 25, 2018 · 5 min read

Leadership 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:“We have a lot of smart people here…” Or…

Marty Abbott

April 24, 2018 · 5 min read

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The Many Unfortunate Meanings of Cloud

The No Surprises Rule

4 Landmines When Using Serverless Architecture

Do you know what is negatively affecting your engineers' productivity? Shouldn't you?

Three Reasons Your Software Engineers May Not Be Successful

Enabling TTM With Contributor Model Teams

The Problem with Non-Functional Requirements

The Difference between Science, Engineering and Programmers and What it Means to You

Why CTOs Fail and What CEOs and CTOs Can Do About It

The Top Five Most Common Agile PDLC Failures

The Scale Cube

Achieving Results, Culture, and the AKF Equation

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