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The Need for (Not) Two Backlogs
The Need for (Not) Two Backlogs
If your backlog is too cluttered to reason about, you need a different zoom level.
David Cottingham
Sep 20, 2023
Why Differentiating Your Product is Like Trying to Meet Someone at a Club
Why Differentiating Your Product is Like Trying to Meet Someone at a Club
If you’re chasing feature parity with your competitors, you’re probably not going to succeed.
David Cottingham
Dec 31, 2018
How (Not) to Introduce a Subscription Fee Where There Was None
How (Not) to Introduce a Subscription Fee Where There Was None
Some products will charge for hardware, then continue to enhance their software for free. But what happens when that’s not enough income?
David Cottingham
Nov 8, 2018
Automation is Not a Goal: Commit-to-Bug Time Reduction is
Automation is Not a Goal: Commit-to-Bug Time Reduction is
Don’t focus on how much you’ve automated: measure whether it’s improved a business outcome or not!
David Cottingham
Oct 12, 2017
A Lexicon of Software Development Debt
A Lexicon of Software Development Debt
Technical debt is a concept familiar to anyone who has worked on a software product that is maturing. But what does it encompass?
David Cottingham
Apr 6, 2017
Lessons in Strategy from Playing Dune
Lessons in Strategy from Playing Dune
Don’t fall into the trap of doing things the same way every time…
David Cottingham
Nov 24, 2016
A Letter to America on Recent Events in the UK
Dear American friends, as you vote in a few days’ time, please remember Brexit.
David Cottingham
Nov 6, 2016
The Case for Private Clouds
“Everything is going to AWS and Azure, right?” Not so fast…
David Cottingham
Oct 16, 2016
Why Hypervisors Are, And Are Not, A Commodity
My job is working on a hypervisor. Or to be technically accurate, a virtualisation platform (XenServer) that includes a hypervisor (Xen)…
David Cottingham
Oct 9, 2016
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