Fixing Software Delivery
The Engineering Leader’s Field Guide
Fix software delivery problems by addressing their real causes, not the symptoms. Divided into concise, standalone executive briefs you can use immediately.
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Fix Software Delivery Problems without Wasting Time
This book presents common software delivery failures and how to resolve them.
No filler, anecdotes, or unnecessary theory.
Each topic is a short, standalone executive brief (1-2 pages). Start with the introduction, then go directly to the problem you're facing.
Read what you need. Skip what you don't.
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About the Authors
Max has over three decades of experience as a software engineer, architect, and consultant. For more than a decade, he has helped leaders diagnose and remove the root causes of software delivery problems.
Episode 323
An Interview with MaxGuernseyIII
Luniel de Beer is a software product and delivery systems architect focused on the structural causes of failure in modern software development. His work centers on how software is defined, validated, and made ready for execution before it is built.
He is the author of *Ready: Why Most Software Projects Fail and How to Fix It*, and the creator of the Requirements Maturation Flow (RMF), PKB-Driven Development (PKBDD), and Producore’s Capability Management system—an integrated body of work designed to replace informal requirements and fragmented collaboration with structured, persistent product knowledge, enforced readiness, and end-to-end traceability.
Luniel works at the intersection of product, engineering, and delivery, helping organizations establish clarity, accountability, and control across teams and systems. His work challenges conventional approaches to Agile and requirements by addressing the missing foundations that prevent software from being consistently understood before execution begins.
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An Interview with Luniel de Beer
Contents
Table of Contents
How to Use This Book
- Introduction
Why Software Delivery Stalls
What “Quality” Means
When Metrics Can Hurt
What Holds Back Change
The New Angle
- Delivery Is Slow or Blocked
Chronic Iteration Carryover
Deluge of Defects
Disruptive Unplanned Work
Constant Back-and-Forth on Requirements
Delivery Slows as Organization Grows
Work Marked Done When It’s Not
Time Wasted Repeatedly Fixing the Same Things
Work Slows When Requirements Mean Different Things to Different People
Work Blocked Waiting for Clarification
Work Blocked by Foreseeable Impediments
Progress Stalls Due to Coordination Overhead
Work Held Open Because “Done” Keeps Changing
- Output Does Not Meet Business Goals
Lots of Activity, Little Progress
Late Disagreements about Scope
Completed Work Frequently Reopened
Late-Stage Rework
Work Gets Done but Isn’t Accepted
Top Priorities Do Not Get Done
Teams Interfere with Each Other’s Work
Critical Scope Cut Late in Project
- Work Cannot Be Completed Predictably
Wildly Wrong Estimates, Consistently
Work Spins out of Control
Work is “80% Done” for the First 80% of an Initiative
Inability to Predict Impact (Even w/Analysis)
Trust in Commitments Breaks Down
- Cost of Ownership Is Too High
Teams Avoid Certain Kinds of Changes
Work in Certain Areas Sluggish
Long Stabilization Phases
QA/Testing Bottlenecks
Unsustainable Codebase
The Rewrite Cycle
Skyrocketing Cost of Ownership
Unstable Codebase
Quality Collapses Right before Delivery
Defects Spike After Delivery
- Concepts
Behavior-Driven Development (BDD)
Test-Driven Development (TDD)
Advanced Software Design
Design Patterns
Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
Refactoring
Requirements Maturation Flow (RMF)
AI
Microservices Architecture
Business Capabilities
Capabilities-Oriented Execution
Capabilities-Oriented Authority
No Estimates
Agility
Deadlines
Product Knowledgebase-Driven Development (PKBDD)
Minimal Business Increments (MBIs)
Flexible Initiative Scheduling
The Agile Manifesto
- Manifesto for Agile Software Development
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