An old adage in software development is: “Speed, quality, cost. Pick two.” In other words: if you want a higher quality product, you have to sacrifice speed, cost, or both. In this “iron triangle” decision-making philosophy, true improvement is not possible. But the fallacy of Iron Triangle thinking is believing that the parameters of these choices are fixed, limiting our potential for innovation. Engineering teams can break this thinking by structuring their improvement cycle not around trade-offs, but on continuous improvement. Typically, in the agile development approach, quality is...
Erik Fogg
Erik Fogg is the Co-Founder and Chief Revenue Officer for ProdPerfect, a leader in autonomous end-to-end (E2E) web application testing. In this role, Erik oversees revenue and growth. Erik is a startup veteran having successfully launched various including DrawTop and ReConsider Media and has held senior posts with Stroud International and HelmetHub. His previous speaking experience includes The Civic Series and The Seven Sister Alumnae Seminar. In his free time, Erik iInterludes as a political author, business book ghost-writer, and consultant for private equity and biotech. Erik ambitions to use artificial intelligence to help large organizations and societies consistently identify truth from falsehood, and make better fact-based decisions.