Category: Building Software

  • An Improvement Journey Needs A Starting Point

    An Improvement Journey Needs A Starting Point

    One of the most common issues in a migration, integration, or almost any process improvement journey is defining the starting point. A customer uses a process that is so well known to them it is like muscle memory. The challenge is that they can often forget details because it is…

  • Runaway Technical Debt

    Runaway Technical Debt

    I was recently listening to advice from Financial Guru Dave Ramsey about financial debt and how it can control us. The thought occurred to me that this is very much a factor in software development when we have technical debt. We need to avoid letting our pile of debt get…

  • A Cost of Technology Sprawl

    A Cost of Technology Sprawl

    There are many reasons to avoid technology sprawl and ensure your systems house is in order. However, there is one area that often gets overlooked. That area is security.