Adaptive Technical Excellence

Adaptive Technical Excellence means extending engineering beyond just writing code - it spans from understanding assumptions and requirements, through development and deployment, to measuring how real customers actually experience the product. We see organisations where developers work in isolation, building technically perfect solutions that nobody wants or can use. The solution is simple and elegant - though not easy to implement: developers need to understand and operate the entire product development system, from customer needs to actual usage, and take responsibility for the complete product lifecycle.

While rockstar developers might help (if they can work in a team!) the core of creating Adaptive Technical Excellence is about shifting developer motivation from building pieces of technology to creating complete products and systems. When developers understand customers and the whole technology stack - including shipping, logistics, and field measurement - they make better technical decisions that actually matter.

An Adaptive Technical Excellence system in an organisation involves several aspects

Building broad system expertise across the entire technology stack

• from requirements to deployment
• including logistics and shipping processes
• understanding how to measure products in customers’ hands

Creating an actual learning organisation where technical skills evolve continuously

Enabling developers to get in touch with real customers

• not just through product owners
• direct exposure to how products are actually used

Developing competencies that go beyong traditional programming

• system thinking and architecture
• measurement and observability
• understanding business and customer contexts

Shifting mindsets from “my code works” to “our product delights customers”

We help organisations through this journey using our experience in extreme programming, DevOps, continuous delivery, and lean engineering practices to create the mix your organisation needs.