In my previous blog post , I spoke about the importance of measuring flow metrics and how they can unlock blockers in your development practices and help you deliver more quickly. However, while speed and flow get software into production,  its quality and stability determine whether it stays there . High-performing engineering teams don’t optimise for velocity alone; they balance it with reliability, resilience, and customer trust. Quality and stability metrics reveal how sa

I started writing in my previous blog post  about the importance of metrics and how they provide detailed insight into the development life cycle and identify key areas for improvement in software delivery for teams. Before delving into the different metrics themselves, though, it’s important to look at how we actually gather the data in the first place. After all, there is no way we can gain insight into our delivery if we don’t have access to the data that provides it. How

The software world may be looking to always deliver innovation and new features faster. However, delivery speed alone is no longer a meaningful indicator of success. Teams are expected to deliver quickly and  safely, sustainably, and predictably. Doing so though is a big challenge for many teams and the key to this improvement is understanding your software well and knowing what is going in in your software delivery process very well. This is where metrics play a critical rol

As the industry continues to rapidly adopt Large Language Models (LLMs) to power chatbots, copilots, search, automation, and decision support, one discipline has emerged as a critical success factor: prompt engineering. While LLMs are incredibly powerful, their outputs are highly sensitive to how they are instructed. The difference between a vague, unreliable response and a precise, trustworthy one often comes down to the quality of the prompt. Soemtihng which is a completely

In my previous post , we explored the big changes required in architecture to make LLMs successful. As those who are familiar with me will know that quality and testing are vital aspects of software architecture to me. So, I feel like I wouldn’t be able to explore the topic of software architecture without aspects of testing and quality. Testing and QA Must Be Built Into Architecture In classical software engineering – at least at a fundamental code level - testing often tend

I’ve spent the past two blog posts talking about the importance of change communication , particularly the transparency required  to...

In my previous blog post  I spoke about change management and why communication is the most important part of managing change. Change in...

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In my previous post,  I started to look at modernizing security, starting with software architecture. However, when looking at secure...

In my previous blog post , I explored the concept of Green IT through the lens of development practices, highlighting the importance of...

As organizations modernize their software systems, there's an increasing responsibility to do so sustainably. Green IT emphasizes the...

In my last post, I started looking at the technical steps for preparation of technical modernization. It was a lot to cover, so I split...

In this series, we’ve looked at what to look at when approaching modernization  and the importance of approaching modernization from a...

This is the second of a multi-part blog series on modernization. In the first post,  I discussed what needs to be modernized and the...

When it comes to performing technical work—such as designing, building, and testing software—the primary focus should generally be on an...

I’ve spent the last two blog posts (here and here) focusing on the importance of requirements in software delivery. Something very...

I spoke last time about the importance of getting good requirements for software and the invaluable role it can play in improving your...

Over the past few weeks, I've had several discussions with teams about the details in their user stories and the existence of proper...

Instead of delving into more discussions about testing tools, I decided to conclude the year by sharing something that I believe needs a...

I started this year with a series on testing tools with an article titled Forget about Finding the perfect testing tool. In it, I made...