Powerful, Profitable Software Products: The Executive Guidebook [Hardcover]

1.?? Introduction

Section I  Groundwork

2.?? The Problem

3.?? Ways of Knowing

4.?? The Two Systems

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Section II  Leading Software Development

5.?? Leadership

6.?? Building the People and Technology System

7.?? Principles

8.?? Tactical Competence

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Section III  Areas of Competence

9.?? Areas of Competence: Overview

10. Areas of Competence: Craftsmanship

11. Areas of Competence: People and Process

12. Areas of Competence: Architecture

13. Areas of Competence: Workflow Automation

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Section IV  Bringing It All Together

14. Starting the New Development Shop

15. Enhancing the Existing Development Shop

16. Scaling the Small Development Shop

17. Simplification: Continuously Starting, Enhancing, and Scaling

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18. A Complete Mental Model For the Engineering Organization

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Index

This guide describes the unique aspects of creating software-based products. It also lays out the clear practical guidance thats necessary to construct and evolve a modern practice.

Kyle Rowland brings an incredibly rich and diverse base of experience to TechMentor and its clients. He has spent more than 20 years delivering software solutions across a broad set of industries  from Defense Department to Financial Services, from Telecommunications to Big Data Analytics, and just about everything in between. Leading and building across such a broad set of problem domains and team approaches have given him both an uncommon depth of technical expertl#'