Hendrik Lösch
Why (most) software projects fail silently...
#1about 2 minutes
Defining silent failure in software projects
Projects often fail from the very beginning due to accumulating issues, not from a single catastrophic event.
#2about 4 minutes
Translating software's unique properties for stakeholders
The intangible and complex nature of software, such as its replicability and changeability, creates a communication gap between developers and business stakeholders.
#3about 3 minutes
Balancing short-term features with long-term maintainability
Prioritizing rapid feature delivery without considering maintainability leads to increasing costs of change over the software's lifecycle.
#4about 4 minutes
The difference between restructuring and refactoring
Large-scale restructuring is a multi-year strategic effort to fix deep architectural issues, unlike small, incremental refactoring.
#5about 1 minute
Identifying non-technical debt in software projects
Technical debt is often a symptom of deeper issues like requirements debt, documentation debt, and testing debt.
#6about 6 minutes
Navigating the complete software product lifecycle
Software evolves through distinct phases including initial development, evolution, and servicing, each requiring different types of investment.
#7about 3 minutes
Overcoming cognitive biases in technical decision-making
Developers must be aware of survivorship, selection, and confirmation biases to avoid making flawed architectural and technology choices.
#8about 2 minutes
Aligning architecture with non-functional requirements
Architectural choices like microservices should be driven by specific quality attributes like scalability or reliability, not by industry trends.
#9about 2 minutes
Taking ownership to improve project outcomes
Developers can prevent silent failure by refusing to negotiate on code quality, integrating testing as a core practice, and consistently asking why.
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