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Developer platforms promise to rewrite the laws of IT physics: they boost innovation through standards; they speed up development while assuring compliance; and they reduce cognitive load without restricting choice. Building such an in-house platform, or even deploying one, is far from easy, though. This book condenses a decade of building and rolling out platforms into practical advice for platform teams and users.5300+ happy readers! Also as Paperback edition

A companion book for implementing Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central. Targeted end-users, super-users and administrators, this book covers many of the challenges you're faced when implementing a cloud-based ERP system. From setting up the system and creating the first company to user customizations and integration. Updated to 2022 Wave 2 v21.

Most teams don’t suffer from a lack of effort—they suffer from a lack of alignment. Goals are misaligned, boundaries are unclear, and work often centres on internal priorities instead of user needs— resulting in frustration and delays. User Needs Mapping: Aligning Teams Around What Matters offers a practical, visual way to reconnect organisations with the people they serve. Instead of guessing at structure or copying someone else’s model, this book shows you how to expose hidden dependencies, identify genuine user needs, and make better choices about team design and responsibilities. Through real-world case studies and step-by-step guidance, you’ll learn how to navigate tensions between wants, needs, and feasibility, create clarity of purpose, and build teams that deliver meaningful outcomes. Whether you’re a leader, product manager, architect, or change agent, this book equips you to turn complexity into clarity and enable teams to flow faster—aligned around what matters.

Most enterprises can deliver fast, but few can adapt at scale.The Cybernetic Enterprise introduces a unifying operating model that embeds AI, feedback loops, and platform thinking into the DNA of your organization. Learn how to build a system that senses change, learns continuously, and transforms disruption into strategic advantage.

As the digital economy changes the rules of the game for enterprises, the role of architects also changes. Rather than focus on software architecture alone, they must connect the penthouse, where the business strategy is set, and the engine room, where the enabling technology is implemented. Learn how to ride this Architect Elevator!

Whatever the road that got you into the possibility of filling a head of product position, either by you considering this your next career move or by you having the task to find someone to fill this position, it is important to have clear what are the main responsibilities of this role.

Learn the best techniques for creating your digital product and make it profitable as quickly as possible with the Startup Guide. Just as many successful companies, such as Caelum, ContaAzul, and Locaweb, who invested in their ideas.

Visual Collaboration Tools is a book for teams building software. It describes tools that help us in our daily job, and also present field stories from different practitioners.

Unleash the full power of ChatGPT in your life and work with "ChatGPT: the AI Appliance". Dive deep into the AI that's changing the digital landscape and learn how the "black box" mindset can help you with prompt engineering, response evaluation, and more. Turn the "black box" into your personal toolkit for success!

Unlock the secrets of high-performing tech organizations with 'All Hands on Tech.' Drawing from 40+ years of experience across corporate giants and digital-native companies, this guide offers battle-tested strategies to transform your software development process, boost innovation, and deliver real business value at scale. Learn how to:• Align your tech strategy with business goals• Structure teams for maximum impact and innovation• Implement agile and DevOps practices at scale• Foster a culture that attracts and retains top talent• Deliver value consistently and rapidly Whether you're a CTO, engineering manager, or aspiring tech leader, you'll find actionable insights to transform your organization. This Minimum Viable Book (MVB) is a work in progress, inviting community input to shape its evolution into an indispensable resource for tech leadership.

Project Management is evolving. AI is automating tasks while leaders want insight and strategy. This playbook shows you how to use AI, understand data, and apply product thinking so you become the strategic, indispensable PM every team needs. Stop pushing tasks. Start driving value.

Is your team’s ‘busy work’ not translating into shipped features? You’re not alone. The root cause is often a lack of clarity, not a lack of effort. In ‘Build Faster: The Product Clarity Playbook,’ you’ll get:- The 4-part framework to turn vague ideas into buildable work.- The 1-page PRD template that guarantees alignment.- The 2 non-negotiable rules for writing perfectly clear tasks.- Real case studies from the field. Stop the rework cycles and start shipping with confidence.

Većina problema u isporuci nije uzrokovana kodom, timom ili procesom upravljanja radom. Oni počinju uzvodno: načinom na koji zahtevi sazrevaju (ili ne sazrevaju). Ready uvodi Tok Sazrevanja Zahteva (RMF), sistem za kontrolu, razjašnjavanje i usklađivanje posla — pre nego što počne i bez menjanja vašeg frameworka. Ako vaši Sprintovi završavaju prenošenjem, doradama ili isporukom pogrešnih stvari, RMF je strukturno rešenje koje vam je nedostajalo.

A maioria dos problemas de entrega não é causada pelo código, pela equipe ou pelo processo de gestão do trabalho. Eles começam lá no início (upstream): na forma como os requisitos amadurecem (ou não). O livro Ready apresenta o Requirements Maturation Flow (RMF), um sistema para controlar, esclarecer e alinhar o trabalho — antes de começar e sem alterar seu framework. Se suas Sprints terminam com tarefas reportadas, retrabalho ou entregando algo diferente do esperado, o RMF é a solução estrutural que você estava precisando.

A maioria dos problemas de entrega não é causada pelo código, pela equipa ou pelo processo de gestão do trabalho. Eles começam a montante: na forma como os requisitos amadurecem (ou não). O Ready apresenta o Requirements Maturation Flow (RMF), um sistema para controlar, clarificar e alinhar o trabalho — antes de começar e sem alterar o seu framework. Se os seus Sprints terminam com trabalho transitado, retrabalho ou com a entrega da coisa errada, o RMF é a solução estrutural que tem estado em falta.