Category: process

Change Management in a Continuous Delivery World

One way to create a "stable" service is to limit the number of changes made to the system. Limiting change may improve stability, but it may also limit the ability of your business…

xz AKF

June 10, 2020 · 3 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…

xz Pete Ferguson

April 9, 2020 · 5 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…

xz AKF

March 25, 2020 · 9 min read

Process Product

The DID Process - Scale Design Principles (Rule 2)

One of the questions we are often asked is when do I scale my company? When setting out to build a product, there is a lot to learn and figure out. Scale is one of those questions.…

xz AKF

March 20, 2020 · 10 min read

Process

Why Code Reviews Save Money and Time

Software engineers have likely heard of the studies that show how the cost of a defect increases by an order of magnitude for each successive phase. If you haven’t heard of…

xz Pete Ferguson

March 13, 2020 · 3 min read

Process

The Best Definition of Done for Agile

Many of our clients struggle with ensuring that the solutions they create meet the needs of both their business and their customers. The exact symptoms of the above failure vary…

xz Marty Abbott

October 24, 2019 · 4 min read

Process

The 5-95 Rule

The Problem – Too Much Planning, Too Little Execution How many of you spend a significant portion of your year planning for the next year, two years, or five years of activities?…

xz Marty Abbott

September 26, 2019 · 4 min read

Leadership Process Product

Focus Versus Agility in Business, Product Management and Product Development

Two of the most common statements we hear from our clients are: Business: “Our product and engineering teams lack the agility to quickly pivot to the needs of the business”.…

xz Marty Abbott

September 16, 2019 · 4 min read

Process

Measuring Availability

As a company matures from a startup to a growing business, there are a number of measurables that become table stakes – basic tools for managing a business. These measurables…

xz Greg Fennewald

September 2, 2019 · 3 min read

Process

Learning from Failure: Conducting Postmortems

At AKF Partners, we believe in learning aggressively, not just from your successes, but also your failures. One common failure we see are service disrupting incidents. These are…

xz Bill Armelin

August 21, 2019 · 4 min read

Category: process

Change Management in a Continuous Delivery World

Architectural Principles: Build vs. Buy

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

The DID Process - Scale Design Principles (Rule 2)

Why Code Reviews Save Money and Time

The Best Definition of Done for Agile

The 5-95 Rule

Focus Versus Agility in Business, Product Management and Product Development

Measuring Availability

Learning from Failure: Conducting Postmortems

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