Prioritize Product Development Speed

Talk Synopsis

There is often a heavy focus on the “ilities” of architecture (e.g. scalability, maintainability, reliability) and not enough focus on a vital trait of product development: development speed. A high speed of development reduces planning overhead, inspires and engages staff, and keeps your business competitive. It also has a secondary benefit on architecture, since it emphasizes evolutionary designs, rather than replacement designs, and it encourages using tech that are high ROI on day one, rather than “ideal” tools that “may” be needed in the future.In this talk, I want to discuss how an emphasis on development speed allows you to start speedy and remain speedy as your business grows, and how it sets the right mindset and culture that designing for an ideal end-state does not.

Speaker Bio

Payam Moghaddam is the founder of [SkillSensei.io](http://skillsensei.io/) and the former Chief Architect of Diligent, and VP of Engineering at Galvanize which was acquired for $1 billion USD. Payam’s current experience of building a start-up, contrasted with his former experience as an architect with hundreds of software engineers, provides valuable insight on key differences between the two environments and what can be learnt from their contrast. Payam is a subject matter expert in building multi-region, highly compliant, and secure platforms native to the Cloud. He is also passionate about teaching, developing people, and building a culture focused on excellence, which inspired him to found SkillSensei.

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Greg, Mike, and Yury