October 18, 2021
Successful product teams drive innovation by receiving input from a variety of stakeholders, including sales, marketing and clients — and in many organizations, the product management team reports to the CTO. While this arrangement is efficient for early-stage companies that undergo frequent stra…
September 22, 2020
As organizations pivot to new realities — refining business models, adopting new technologies and adjusting to changing competitive landscapes — software teams are tasked with taking on a new vision and transforming the way they do business.
June 12, 2020
Having a fractional CISO serve on your team is the most effective way to leverage the experience of a seasoned CISO at a lower cost.
March 23, 2020
With the recent unprecedented work environment most of us are in, we’d like to start an open discussion on how to go about your workday safely, efficiently and most important, successfully. Remote work is not the future of work for Crosslake, it’s the present. With close to 130 Crosslake certifie…
May 22, 2018
At Crosslake, we often get asked by people who do not have a deep technical background, “How do I measure the effectiveness of our software development team without understanding the technical details?” Investors acquiring software companies (e.g., private equity firms) and other less-technical l…
June 21, 2017
Training is one of the least effective ways to change behavior.
June 20, 2017
Market pressures are pushing companies to innovate and release faster and more frequently to stay ahead of the competition and digitize internal operations to reduce operating costs. New technologies continue to emerge that enable reductions in time to market and development costs. However, these…
February 24, 2017
Agile software development is a proven and effective model for software creation. Millions of software engineers understand and have seen the benefits of developing software in this way.
January 24, 2017
Distributed development is very much a reality as companies continue to get acquired and divested, and because costs and skill sets vary around the world, it’s also a necessity. The benefits include access to a larger pool of talent, the ability to increase the diversity of your team, insights in…
November 28, 2016
A third party can help put a plan together with a focus and depth that is difficult to achieve when teams go it alone.
September 15, 2016
The Scaled Agile Framework, or SAFe, is a complex beast with many roles and activities strewn throughout the model. Our clients have told us that it is difficult to keep everything straight and that the learning curve for what happens when is steep. In fact, some have asked us for a roles and res…
June 20, 2013
Status reporting is often a necessary evil in many corporate environments to keep stakeholders up to date on what is happening with a project. In our travels, we see a lot of weak status reports and generally help clear things up. While one could practically write a book on what makes a good stat…