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AKF CTO Bootcamp and Architect Workshops in Scottsdale

AKF Partners Workshops in Scottsdale AKF Partners will offer two different workshops in our Scottsdale office later this year. The first is our CTO Bootcamp, a…

Process

The Best Definition of Done for Agile

Many of our clients struggle with ensuring that the solutions they create meet the needs of both their business and their customers. The exact symptoms of the…

Organization

The 5-95 Rule

The Problem – Too Much Planning, Too Little Execution

Organization

Normalization of Deviance and Software...Oh and Nasa

It’s funny how clearly you can remember some events from your childhood. I remember exactly where I was on Jan 28th, 1986. All the kids in Modoc Elementary…

Organization

Top 3 Failures in Digital Transformations

Attempting to transform a company to compete effectively in the Digital Economy is difficult to say the least. In the experience of AKF Partners, it is easier…

Organization

10 Principles of Digital Transformations

AKF Partners has helped guide companies through digital transformations for over 10 years. We’ve helped traditional brick and mortar service, product, banking…

Organization

Achieving Team Autonomy not Anarchy

Agile teams sometimes struggle with the meaning and value of autonomy within a team. Is it the autonomy to decide how best to accomplish a goal? Is it the…

Organization

The Crippling Cost of Distractions

The Crippling Cost of Distractions Perhaps the biggest thief of progress is the misuse of time. Not talking about laziness here – I’m referring to what we…

Leadership

The Importance of QA

“Quality in a service or product is not what you put into it. It’s what the customer gets out of it.” Peter Drucker

Process

Diagnosing and Fixing Software Development Performance

Diagnosing the cause of poor performance from your engineering team is difficult and can be costly for the organization if done incorrectly. Most everyone will…

Architecture

The Domino or Multiplicative Effect of Failure

As part of our Technical Due Diligence and Architectural reviews, we always want to see a company’s system architecture, understand their process, and review…