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CEO Guide to Measuring Engineering Team Performance - lala

What are Engineering Team Performance metrics? To CEO’s, especially those with a non-technical background, the Engineering organization can be a bit of a black box. That black…

Heather Abbott

· 12 min read

Security anti-pattern: Gatekeeper – i.e. Department of “No”

This is the second in a multi-part series on information security anti-patterns. Too often in our technical due diligence and workshop engagements we encounter development teams…

Pete Ferguson

· 4 min read

Crisis Response - Practice like its Game Time

There is a ubiquitous saying “never let a crisis go to waste” which has been applied across many fields and topics. While some may regard a crisis as an opportunity to advance…

Greg Fennewald

· 3 min read

Microservice Architecture Principles

When product and engineering teams are small and tight knit, they often share an unspoken and undocumented set of principles that guide their development. The principles arise…

Marty Abbott

· 11 min read

Security Anti-Pattern: Checklist Compliance

This article is the first in a multi-part series on information security anti-patterns. I recall well when I first started out in physical security and the concept of PCI compliance…

Pete Ferguson

· 4 min read

Leadership Anti-Pattern: Victim Mentality

Please consider the context, disparity in power, and in all but one case (as of the writing of this post) the outcomes associated with the following confrontations:Zelensky v.…

Marty Abbott

· 5 min read

1-10-100 rule in quality software development

What is the 1-10-100 Rule in Software Development Quality Control? The 1-10-100 rule simply refers to the cost to fix defects (aka bugs) by phase/step in a software development…

Pete Ferguson

· 2 min read

The Technology Adoption Life Cycle and Sticky Notes [The Formula to Quickly Reach The Right Market]

In one of the worst quotes in American history (followed closely by every popular quote from a Marvel character), Ralph Waldo Emerson said:Build a better mousetrap, and the world…

Eric Arrington

· 9 min read

CEO Guide to Quality Engineering

What is Quality Engineering? Quality Engineering encompasses all the product quality improving practices that you incorporate into your end-to-end (E2E) product delivery process.…

Heather Abbott

· 6 min read

STEM Education - A Growing National Security Crisis

Summary The US is largely seen as the innovation center of the world, at least when it comes to consumer, military, pharmaceutical and business products successfully brought to…

Marty Abbott

· 8 min read

Team Dynamics - Affective and Cognitive Conflict

I’m guessing that it wouldn’t surprise you to find out that the worst performing teams are in constant conflict. But what if I were to tell you that the highest performing…

Marty Abbott

· 7 min read

CEO Guide To Breaking Up The Monolith

WHAT IS A MONOLITH AND WHY IS IT IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND ITS IMPACT TO THE BUSINESS?You may have noticed your engineering teams are too slow or your CTO has been complaining about…

Dave Berardi

· 6 min read
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