Strategy

Build vs Buy decisions and the importance of context

8 January 2013

Technology decisions should not be made in isolation, particularly when you are trying to weigh up building a solution or buying a third party platform.

How to manage down the payments on your technical debt

3 September 2012

Technical debt may be a great metaphor to describe the corrosive effect of quick and dirty design decisions, but it can be difficult to identify, measure and manage.

The code reuse myth: why internal software reuse initiatives tend to fail

11 April 2012

Despite all the best intentions, software reuse tends to be confined to third party frameworks and tools rather than being an integral part of the development process. Are we expecting too much from software reuse and should we learn to set our sights a little lower?