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Technical decision making

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How to drive decisions as an engineering leader
07 Feb 2022 Article

How to drive decisions as an engineering leader

Sarah Drasner
Sarah Drasner
10 mins
Five steps for making data-informed decisions
17 Jan 2022 Article

Five steps for making data-informed decisions

Caitlin Hudon
Caitlin Hudon
8 mins
Outages are coming for you
19 Aug 2021 Article

Outages are coming for you

Matthew Hawthorne
Matthew Hawthorne
10 mins
Decision Making for Software Engineering Teams: Francesco Strazzullo in conversation
12 Aug 2021 Video

Decision Making for Software Engineering Teams: Francesco Strazzullo in conversation

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Francesco Strazzullo
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Suzan Bond
40 mins
Leveling up your machine learning product by taking the leap to third-party
22 Jun 2021 Article

Leveling up your machine learning product by taking the leap to third-party

Andrea Heyman
Andrea Heyman
8 mins
How to make a build vs. buy decision for a new software solution
17 Jun 2021 Article

How to make a build vs. buy decision for a new software solution

Michael Ng
Michael Ng
6 mins
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
16 Jun 2021 Article

Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy

Dawn Parzych
Dawn Parzych
Douglas Ferguson
Douglas Ferguson
+1 more
12 mins
The search for the best solution: third party or open source?
15 Jun 2021 Article

The search for the best solution: third party or open source?

Tal Joffe
Tal Joffe
8 mins
Utilizing invisible forces to make better decisions in software design
09 Jun 2021 Article

Utilizing invisible forces to make better decisions in software design

Murat Derya Ozen
Murat Derya Ozen
8 mins
Build vs. buy: know what you need, and know what you want
08 Jun 2021 Article

Build vs. buy: know what you need, and know what you want

Chris Powell
Chris Powell
7 mins
The long tail of product features
05 May 2021 Article

The long tail of product features

Arjen de Ruiter
Arjen de Ruiter
7 mins
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
21 Apr 2021 Article

Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale

Josh Barr
Josh Barr
10 mins
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
30 Jun 2021 Article

Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'

Ellie Spencer-Failes
Ellie Spencer-Failes
5 mins
To build, or to buy, that is the question
15 Apr 2021 Article

To build, or to buy, that is the question

Wouter Van Geluwe
Wouter Van Geluwe
7 mins
Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot
18 Mar 2021 Article

Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot

Najla Elmachtoub
Najla Elmachtoub
9 mins
Dealing with overheads as an engineering leader
23 Jun 2016 Video

Dealing with overheads as an engineering leader

Penny Wyatt
Penny Wyatt
11 mins
How to estimate as as an engineering leader
08 Jun 2017 Video

How to estimate as as an engineering leader

Dominika Rogala
Dominika Rogala
9 mins
How to Design Systems and Processes Teams Actually Follow
24 Apr 2018 Video

How to Design Systems and Processes Teams Actually Follow

Jason Lengstorf
Jason Lengstorf
32 mins
Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting
21 Jan 2021 Article

Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting

Daiany Palacios
Daiany Palacios
6 mins
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
15 Oct 2020 Article

Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products

Raphaela Wrede
Raphaela Wrede
7 mins
Strategies for making impossible decisions
06 Dec 2019 Video

Strategies for making impossible decisions

Scott Triglia
Scott Triglia
26 mins
Using an 'architectural North Star' to align your engineering team with your organization
08 Nov 2019 Video

Using an 'architectural North Star' to align your engineering team with your organization

Hanjie Ji
Hanjie Ji
23 mins
The benefits of delivering imperfect software
08 Nov 2019 Video

The benefits of delivering imperfect software

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Stevi Deter
11 mins
How enterprise organizations can respond when engineering goes wrong
06 Sep 2021 Article

How enterprise organizations can respond when engineering goes wrong

Laura Nolan
Laura Nolan
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Ella Morrish
+1 more
11 mins
Every decision creates a policy
26 Jul 2021 Article

Every decision creates a policy

Kevin Goldsmith
Kevin Goldsmith
5 mins
Guiding principles for build vs. buy decisions
17 Jun 2021 Article

Guiding principles for build vs. buy decisions

Aaron Suggs
Aaron Suggs
6 mins
140,000 lines of code: why we built our own licensing system
11 Jun 2021 Article

140,000 lines of code: why we built our own licensing system

Tobias Günther
Tobias Günther
5 mins
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
19 May 2021 Article

Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision

Dawn Parzych
Dawn Parzych
Douglas Ferguson
Douglas Ferguson
+1 more
10 mins
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
14 Apr 2021 Article

Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process

Cate Huston
Cate Huston
5 mins
Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
24 Mar 2021 Article

Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it

Dawn Parzych
Dawn Parzych
7 mins
Seven key considerations in early development
23 Jun 2016 Video

Seven key considerations in early development

Heidi Waterhouse
Heidi Waterhouse
30 mins
Strategies for reducing the fragility of your systems
24 Apr 2018 Video

Strategies for reducing the fragility of your systems

Maggie Zhou
Maggie Zhou
22 mins
Hypothesis-driven development
26 Aug 2020 Article

Hypothesis-driven development

Rod Begbie
Rod Begbie
7 mins
Driving architecture alignment across a fully-distributed engineering workforce
08 Nov 2019 Video

Driving architecture alignment across a fully-distributed engineering workforce

Iccha Sethi
Iccha Sethi
Jony Jeyaratnam
Jony Jeyaratnam
28 mins

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