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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. But everyone’s situation is unique.

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Building Your MVP as a Non-Technical Founder

SoCal CTO

Even with these, you will have paper-tested your MVP, but the reality is that customers will not be able to assess the value to them until they actually use it. Review the code being built. Examples might be a recommendation engine, search engine, matching engine or something with a complex interface. To prove/disprove a hypothesis.

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Spolsky on Software on Both Sides of The Table

Both Sides of the Table

Do you see product managers as a hindrance to software development? Companies historically have structured their development teams in different ways. A program manager would traditionally be responsible for: Writing the detailed specification for how the software should work. 15 minutes.