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Delivery, architecture, leadership, and operating systems. Written from the projects, not for the algorithm.

Featured essay2026-08-09Delivery18 min read

Software Project Rescue: How to Know Whether a Project Can Be Saved

Six factors determine whether a failing software project is worth rescuing — and why the people closest to it are structurally unable to give you an honest answer.Read the essay →

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2026-06-14Leadership

Why rescues fail: the firefighting layer

The most common failure mode in troubled projects is not technical. It is the leadership team becoming the coordination layer.5 min 2026-06-10Business Cases

The €220k a month nobody was counting

How a healthy-looking delivery pipeline quietly leaked a fifth of a million euros a month, and why no dashboard showed it.6 min