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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower Innovation

Would you create contracts without an attorney? The Strategic Technical Advisor looks at the business and determines what makes sense from a technology perspective in the short-term and longer-terms. Are developers following best practices in their code and life cycle? We’ve talked about this before in Startup CTO or Developer.

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Don’t Miss These 7 Sessions From the Project to Product Summit

Planview

Watch Now FedEx: Getting the data you need to optimize flow Title: Combining the Power of VSM and OKRs to Optimize Flow and Accelerate Speed to Value Speaker: Greschen Powell, Senior Consultant at FedEx What you’ll learn: Getting to an optimized state of flow starts with data.

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53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators

TechEmpower Innovation

The innovator/developer relationship needs to be a conversation. Still, if you’re a business leader and your developers haven’t asked you these questions, look for a Fractional CTO to help navigate the critical early stage of development. How big is the anticipated development team?

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower Innovation

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. cto , infotech , innovation , product , project , saas

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Governance Charter for Managing New Product Investments

Huub Rutten

The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. And still powerless? In a transparent manner.

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Governance Charter for Managing New Product Investments

Huub Rutten

The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. And still powerless? In a transparent manner.

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Governance Charter for Managing New Product Investments

Huub Rutten

The most relevant Steering instrument is of course that he can set the financial targets for his reports, his board members like the CTO, CMO and the Commercial VPs. There are so many layers between the Board room and for example a software developer or an industrial designer. And still powerless? In a transparent manner.