Cloud Software – Will I save costs? It’s all about Optionality and Time to Market

When we work with CEOs, CTOs, and CIOs, we frequently get asked these questions: - Is moving to the cloud cheaper? - Are there real cost savings (of moving to the cloud)? …

Phillip Seawright

May 12, 2020 · 4 min read

Product

What IS Agile - and What Agile is NOT

(Image Used by Permission from Mark Shead) Two years ago I became a “certified Scrum Master.” Not a lot was required. I was sent advance reading materials and then I attended…

Pete Ferguson

May 5, 2020 · 4 min read

Product

Scalability Rules - Reduce Objects to Improve Website Performance (Rule 5)

Every wonder what really makes a website tick? Or why some sites seem slower or faster than expected? Well, rest assured, there are straight-forward answers. Today we are going…

Curtis Nielsen

April 21, 2020 · 6 min read

Leadership Organization

Safely Paying Down Technical Debt for CIOs

Synopsis: This is a post focused on technical debt for traditional IT, or for teams focused on solutions for internal employees. This post helps CIOs (leaders of IT…

Phillip Seawright

April 14, 2020 · 6 min read

Product

Reduce DNS lookups to improve website performance (Rule 4)

Believe it or not, website speed is directly related to conversion and revenue. One element that delays the time before a user can interact with a website is DNS lookups. In this…

Curtis Nielsen

April 10, 2020 · 4 min read

Architecture Process Product

Architectural Principles: Build vs. Buy

In many of our technical due diligence engagements, it is common to find that companies are building tools with considerable development effort (and ongoing maintenance) for something…

Pete Ferguson

April 9, 2020 · 5 min read

Leadership Organization

Technical Debt for CIOs Leads to Organizational Debt for CEOs

Explanation of technical debt for CIOs of non-software product companies Digital product companies, primarily those companies that were built with the internet as the primary…

Phillip Seawright

March 31, 2020 · 3 min read

Product

Key skills for adaptive product teams

There is growing recognition for the need for adaptive product teams.. The process of delivering software may be very similar across almost all companies but there is a need for…

Tanya Cordrey

March 31, 2020 · 6 min read

Process Product

Scalability Rules - How to Simplify Scope, Design, and Implementation (Rule 3)

Do you ever feel like the work you are involved in is too chaotic or that products take too long to deliver? We have an answer. Today we will share Rule 3 of the Scalability Rules…

Curtis Nielsen

March 25, 2020 · 9 min read

Architecture

Architectural Principles: Scale Out, Not Up

In the sci-fi cult classic “The Fifth Element” starring Bruce Willis, there is a scene of man vs. unknown power where the military fires all they’ve got at an…

Pete Ferguson

March 25, 2020 · 3 min read