Can you take over? (part 3)

The text below has been anonymised. The exact names of people and companies are irrelevant. The blog is written to share lessons learned. In part 1 of this blog series, we explained what happened after Jan’s “cry for help”, and Jan’s company. For those who missed that, see https://m2-d2.com/en/can-you-take-over-part-1/. In part 2 we picked up […]

Can you take over? (part 2)

The text below has been anonymised. The exact names of people and companies are irrelevant. The blog is written to share lessons learned. In part 1 of this blog series, we explained what happened after Jan’s “cry for help”, and Jan’s company. For those who missed that, see https://m2-d2.com/en/can-you-take-over-part-1/. In this second part we pick […]

Can you take over? (part 1)

The text below has been anonymised. The exact names of people and companies are irrelevant. The blog is written to share lessons learned. The phone rings. It is the end of September 2022. I answer and I hear the voice of an old acquaintance. Let’s call him John. After the usual “hey, how are you?” […]

The importance of architecture for software development

As software becomes more critical to modern business, software needs to be able to react quickly to changes, allowing new features to be conceived, developed and put into production rapidly. The techniques of agile software development began in the 1990s and became steadily more popular in the last decade. They focus on a flexible approach […]