Why is it so hard to optimise software delivery under stress?
There's a particular kind of pressure that engineering leaders know well. A deadline is approaching, the team is working hard – everyone can see that – and yet the amount of wor...
Why is my software development team slow despite having more people?
It just doesn't make any sense! Your software team has been getting slower and slower up to a point where every new feature is painfully forced through the system, wrecking ever...
Need an outside perspective on your architecture?
One thing we do at factor10 is software architecture reviews. We honestly can’t recall a single review that didn’t uncover valuable insights, reveal hidden opportunities, or giv...
An example of architecture modernisation, 15 years later
The other day I found myself thinking about an architecture modernisation project that I was fortunate to be involved in 15 years ago, together with Equinor (then Statoil) in Tr...
Time to strengthen Europe’s digital sovereignty
With everything going on in the world at the moment, we’ve found ourselves thinking—and writing—a lot about privacy, transparency, and democratic values and what we must do to p...
Common modernisation pitfalls
Two weeks ago, I wrote an article to you (a non-developer) who is responsible for a core system running in a US cloud. It provided some guidance on how to proceed. Today, I will...
Transforming software and business to reach the next level
If your company is at the cusp of significant change, today might feel like a crucial turning point between yesterday's struggles and a tomorrow where you will reach your ambiti...
Developing technology-agnostic services
We (at factor10) have been discussing the EU's Digital Operational Resilience Act lately, what it means, and what impact it might have.
My four insights on adapting software delivery to scale up
I had a conversation about product development recently, and it really got me thinking. I was asked something along the lines of “If you were the head of development and got a s...DORA och DORA
Som Daniel Melin skrev här så håller jag med om att det är märkligt tyst om EU-förordningen “digital operativ motståndskraft för finanssektorn” (DORA).Five Principles for a World-class Development Organization
We’ve had the privilege to work with many great development organizations. So, we thought it would be nice to share a few of the insights we’ve gathered over the years on what s...Not cornerstones; it's a stack
Ever since the start of factor10, I have considered Extreme Programming (XP) to be one of our cornerstones. So, as part of the onboarding for newcomers, we thought it would be f...
Technical debt
What is technical debt, who owns it and when is it due? Post #2 in a series of post about obstacles around software development.Your obstacles are YOUR obstacles
Why do we have obstacles in software development when software is almost free from constraints?