Most commercial organizations face the following challenges when defining the architectures of their products: Focus on technology details rather than business context. Perception of architects as not delivering solutions or adding value. Inability of architectural practices to address the increase in speed of IT delivery and to adapt to modern del

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heads down coding and building product. At fifteen to twenty people, you need to start the process of delegating your engineering responsibilities. The only way you’re going to achieve this is to absolutely trust your engineering team. Hire the best chief technology officer you can find and the best engineers you can find. At first, review all thei

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Software development is an iterative design process. In order to achieve true iteration and realize the value of fast feedback, its activities need to be performed with a single team (having a common reporting line) as far as possible. Many internet business and independent software vendors (ISVs) already operate in this way.