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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 and Tabasco…

Marty Abbott

· 3 min read

The No Surprises Rule

No SurprisesWe 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

· 3 min read

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

· 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

· 3 min read

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

· 5 min read

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

· 3 min read

The Problem with Non-Functional Requirements

Image CreditMany 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

· 3 min read

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

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

Marty Abbott

· 6 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

· 6 min read

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

· 4 min read

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

· 4 min read

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“We have…

Marty Abbott

· 5 min read

Evaluating Technology Risk Using Mathematics

The Relative Risk EquationTechnologists are frequently asked: what are the chances that a given software release is going to work?  Do we understand the risk that each…

AKF

· 4 min read

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.All too often we see policies…

Pete Ferguson

· 15 min read

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