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Making a business case for legacy systems

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:30 March 2021
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

Before we invest, we make a business case. We put costs versus benefits, project it over time and when the value exceeds the costs in a relatively short period, we…

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Quality isn’t good enough

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:26 February 2021
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

A professional software developer needs to balance quality and deadlines. That shouldn't be a controversial statement, but these days, it seems to be one. Whenever I discuss this topic, I'm…

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Strategic Virtualisation

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:25 February 2021
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

You can't really treat a patient without a diagnosis. Your doctor can brush you off with aspirin or antibiotics a few times, but if the symptoms persist, it's time for…

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If you don’t know where you are…

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:25 February 2021
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

We design strategies to get us to a position of advantage. Our AS-IS situation has some problems that we'd like to solve in our TO-BE design. In the case of…

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5 Rules for pragmatic developers

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:30 January 2021
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

Pragmatism is evil. It leads to crappy code. It's giving up high ideals to compromise with the clueless suckers in management. Good developers need to stand their ground. Clean code…

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How to avoid status meetings

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:1 November 2020
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

Meeting culture is that ubiquitous pest that stains corporate life. Middle managers often have their agenda covered with back-to-back meetings like some kind of twisted mosaic. And in these days…

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How to ask for help

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:19 October 2020
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

Software development is hard. When you're just getting started, the task sometimes seems insurmountable. You're not just missing a few pieces of the puzzle. You don't know what the picture…

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What is Middle Management?

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:17 October 2020
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

One morning, the CEO of a large company wakes up with a great idea. She gathers her Department Heads and the ball starts rolling. A few months later, an engineer…

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One size fits none

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:4 October 2020
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

Let's pretend we're starting a car company. If we want to build a luxury model, that's going to be reflected in our workflow. We'll focus on hand-made components and meticulous…

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Distributed Team Leader

  • Post author:Mike
  • Post published:1 September 2020
  • Post category:Tech needs better leaders

Now that distributed teams are finally adopted by the mainstream, productivity soars and work-life balance is better. Most developers, designers and writers are happy to be back in control of…

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