You can fix anything later, except modularity
Good modularity lets you tolerate crummy code locally and fix it later without breaking everything.
Articles tagged “CEO”
Why Software Quality Is Determined Before the First Line of Code Is Written
High-quality software is well-designed software before it is well-built software. Let’s take a look at how to get there.
Measuring Software Quality: Don’t Fight the Wrong Battle
Measure an outcome rather than an output. This way, you empower your teams and align them with your company’s goals.
If you think Agile is expensive, think of it as a risk premium
The problem is that the benchmark (Waterfall) leads to software that doesn’t meet users’ needs…
Take back control of your development, without the illusion of estimates
Don’t ask, “How long will this take?” Instead, ask yourself if you can break your work down into even smaller pieces.
Software quality means moving fast, for the long haul
Moving fast is easy. Maintaining that pace for years is more difficult and is the true mark of software quality.
Software quality is too important to be left to your CTO (or the art of shooting yourself in the foot)
Producing high-quality software involves organizational aspects that go beyond technology and can undermine the CTO’s efforts.
€10,000 to save €500,000: the true ROI of modularization
A lack of modularity is costly. Investing in a modular architecture protects your software and prevents massive financial losses.
Bugs: The Developer, an All-Too-Easy Scapegoat
It’s easy to blame developers. But bugs also stem from design, organization, and culture.
5 Tips for Hiring Tech Professionals
Here are a few pieces of advice, drawn from my experience working with companies, that I wish I’d had back when I was a manager.
I’m the developer, and you’re the quality guy
The road to hell is paved with good intentions, and your Quality Department is no exception: it’s impossible to distinguish between “doing” and “doing better.”
B2B Software Vendors: Your Customer Pays You, but They’re Killing You
Co-creating your product with your first customers is a good thing. However, that doesn’t mean giving in to all their requests.
Waterfall: A Recipe for Failure
Sequential methodologies do not work for business software, primarily because of tunnel vision. Is there an alternative? Agile.
You build it, you run it
This phrase, a DevOps mantra, is rooted in common sense. Yet the organization sometimes resists its implementation. CEOs, lay the groundwork.
Rest In Peace
Separating the IT function from the business units it serves is a fundamental mistake, because IT is viewed solely through the lens of its cost.
Buying high-quality code means choosing to cry only once
Developing quickly without the right skills invariably leads to the accumulation of technical debt. Invest in it now: it will cost you less in the long run.
5 Questions for Antoine Sauvage, CTO of Ovrsea
Now, let’s hear from one of my clients, Ovrsea. Antoine, the CTO, explains how the idea to bring in coaching for his teams came about and what it has changed.
The debt wall
Technical debt is dangerous because it accumulates silently, until the day the company hits a wall. CEOs, take the lead.
Why is software so expensive?
Writing code isn’t that hard; evolving it is. Readability, testability, modularity: the three pillars of software craftsmanship.
