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Luis Fernandez

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How optimistic do you feel about your software team’s current roadmap? Do you think your team can achieve the major milestones?

Engineering Strategy & Architecture

Very optimistic

Somewhat optimistic

Not optimistic at all

Not sure, our roadmap isn’t finalized yet

N/A, we don’t have a roadmap

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What is the most useful tool for simplifying the Developer Experience, reducing Cost and speed up the Time to Market of software application development that your organization will use in 2025?

Applications & Platforms Cloud

Internal Developer Portal

Internal Developer Platform

Cloud Application Platform

Low/No Code Platform

AI Agents

Cloud Vendor Tools

None of them (please add a comment)

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Is GenAI going to replace junior developers? In which type of projects would you DEFINITELY use GenAI, and in which ones would you avoid it as much as possible?

Disruptive & Emerging Technologies

Luis FernandezExecutive Director, Tech6 months ago

Is GenAI going to replace junior developers? No, it is going to help improve the productivity and quality of the work done by junior developers.

I would start by using GenAI in safe use cases; like to analyze legacy ...read more

We’ve all been there—dealing with scope creep and the headaches it brings, especially when working on large website projects where so much is up in the air. I’d love to hear about your experiences with scoping out these big projects, especially using enterprise CMS/DXP (Adobe, Sitecore, Acquia). How do you tackle the uncertainties that come with them? Have you ever had to push forward without a super thorough discovery phase? If so, what strategies did you use to keep things on track? Which horror stories do you have to share related to Scope Creep? I’m curious about what’s worked for you and what hasn’t. Have you tried any specific tools or methodologies that made a difference?

Luis FernandezExecutive Director, Tech6 months ago

I think this is where Agile development methods can be helpful. Instead of looking at everything the system could ever do and building it, you can clarify the few most important workflows to focus on first. You would then ...read more

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Have any of you in a leadership position struggled with delegating tasks to your software team? How did you get more comfortable letting others do the work instead of doing it yourself?

New to Role Engineering

Luis FernandezExecutive Director, Tech6 months ago

The best book to read on this topic in my opinion is "Turn this Ship Around" by David Marquet. It is about how the Navy switched to a delegation focused culture from being command and control after David was assigned to a ...read more

Has anyone explored private instance of LLMs for their own organisation and what are the pros and cons for it?

Generative AI AI & Machine Learning

Luis FernandezExecutive Director, Tech6 months ago

Yes! There are many options including hosting an LLM on your own computer. A few benefits include: Not sending your data to a 3rd party, access to the system while offline like from an airplane, and more granular customization.

Risks ...read more