Technical decision making
Articles, webinars, videos
Mastering tough technical decisions
7 mins
15 Jan 2024
Article
Mastering tough technical decisions
Kimberly
Lowe-Williams
Balancing build vs buy decisions in a post-boom world
7 mins
17 Oct 2023
Article
Balancing build vs buy decisions in a post-boom world
Josh
Fruhlinger
Why business context is important for technical decision-making
7 mins
15 Nov 2022
Article
Why business context is important for technical decision-making
Kevin
Ball
Why the most advanced technology solution isn’t always the correct one
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9 mins
30 Aug 2022
Article
Why the most advanced technology solution isn’t always the correct one
Kevin
Stewart
How to drive decisions as an engineering leader
10 mins
07 Feb 2022
Article
How to drive decisions as an engineering leader
Sarah
Drasner
Five steps for making data-informed decisions
8 mins
17 Jan 2022
Article
Five steps for making data-informed decisions
Caitlin
Hudon
Outages are coming for you
10 mins
19 Aug 2021
Article
Outages are coming for you
Matthew
Hawthorne
12 Aug 2021
Video
Decision Making for Software Engineering Teams: Francesco Strazzullo in conversation
Francesco
Strazzullo
Suzan
Bond
Leveling up your machine learning product by taking the leap to third-party
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8 mins
22 Jun 2021
Article
Leveling up your machine learning product by taking the leap to third-party
Andrea
Heyman
How to make a build vs. buy decision for a new software solution
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6 mins
17 Jun 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by ROLLBAR
How to make a build vs. buy decision for a new software solution
Michael
Ng
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
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12 mins
16 Jun 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
Addressing the challenges of build vs. buy
Dawn
Parzych
Douglas
Ferguson
The search for the best solution: third party or open source?
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8 mins
15 Jun 2021
Article
The search for the best solution: third party or open source?
Tal
Joffe
Utilizing invisible forces to make better decisions in software design
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8 mins
09 Jun 2021
Article
Utilizing invisible forces to make better decisions in software design
Murat Derya
Ozen
Build vs. buy: know what you need, and know what you want
7 mins
08 Jun 2021
Article
Build vs. buy: know what you need, and know what you want
Chris
Powell
The long tail of product features
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7 mins
05 May 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
The long tail of product features
Arjen
de Ruiter
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
10 mins
21 Apr 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
Abandoning the build: when investing is the only way to scale
Josh
Barr
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
5 mins
30 Jun 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
Learnings from 'Weighing up the pros and cons of build vs. buy'
Ellie
Spencer-Failes
To build, or to buy, that is the question
7 mins
15 Apr 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
To build, or to buy, that is the question
Wouter
Van Geluwe
Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot
9 mins
18 Mar 2021
Article
Leading your engineering team through an unexpected product pivot
Najla
Elmachtoub
23 Jun 2016
Video
Dealing with overheads as an engineering leader
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Penny
Wyatt
08 Jun 2017
Video
How to estimate as as an engineering leader
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Dominika
Rogala
24 Apr 2018
Video
How to Design Systems and Processes Teams Actually Follow
Jason
Lengstorf
Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting
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6 mins
21 Jan 2021
Article
Managing expectations on time estimates with probabilistic forecasting
Daiany
Palacios
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
7 mins
15 Oct 2020
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by PEPSICO
Assign problems (not work) to your teams to build extraordinary products
Raphaela
Wrede
06 Dec 2019
Video
Strategies for making impossible decisions
Scott
Triglia
08 Nov 2019
Video
Using an 'architectural North Star' to align your engineering team with your organization
Hanjie
Ji
08 Nov 2019
Video
The benefits of delivering imperfect software
Stevi
Deter
6 managing up techniques for senior ICs
8 mins
30 Jan 2024
Article
6 managing up techniques for senior ICs
Addy
Osmani
Navigating complexity as an engineering leader
6 mins
30 Nov 2022
Article
Navigating complexity as an engineering leader
Rohit
Kumar
How to scale decision-making in your organization with Circles
10 mins
27 Jul 2022
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by JELLYFISH
How to scale decision-making in your organization with Circles
Bernhard
Schandl
How enterprise organizations can respond when engineering goes wrong
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11 mins
06 Sep 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by SLACK
How enterprise organizations can respond when engineering goes wrong
Laura
Nolan
Ella
Morrish
Every decision creates a policy
5 mins
26 Jul 2021
Article
Every decision creates a policy
Kevin
Goldsmith
Guiding principles for build vs. buy decisions
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6 mins
17 Jun 2021
Article
Guiding principles for build vs. buy decisions
Aaron
Suggs
140,000 lines of code: why we built our own licensing system
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5 mins
11 Jun 2021
Article
140,000 lines of code: why we built our own licensing system
Tobias
Günther
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
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10 mins
19 May 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
Ten things you need to know before making a build vs. buy decision
Dawn
Parzych
Douglas
Ferguson
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
5 mins
14 Apr 2021
Article
Empowering your engineering team with an effective decision-making process
Cate
Huston
Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
7 mins
24 Mar 2021
Article
CONTENT SPONSORED by LAUNCHDARKLY
Software platforms: DIY vs. buying it
Dawn
Parzych
23 Jun 2016
Video
Seven key considerations in early development
Heidi
Waterhouse
24 Apr 2018
Video
Strategies for reducing the fragility of your systems
Maggie
Zhou
Hypothesis-driven development
7 mins
26 Aug 2020
Article
Hypothesis-driven development
Rod
Begbie
08 Nov 2019
Video
Driving architecture alignment across a fully-distributed engineering workforce
Iccha
Sethi
Jony
Jeyaratnam
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