James Governor

Technology leaders face a fundamental challenge: How do you know you’re delivering the right thing to the right person at the right time? Progressive Delivery offers a fresh perspective on this question; bridging the gap between software delivery and business value. Drawing from extensive interviews with industry leaders at GitHub; Adobe; AWS; Disney; and Nike; the authors demonstrate how four key elements—abundance; autonomy; alignment; and automation—create a framework for sustainable product development. This isn’t just another technical manual or transformation playbook. Instead; it provides a lens for measuring your existing products against future standards and expectations. Through detailed case studies; you’ll discover: How to leverage cloud abundance for meaningful experimentation. Ways to enable team autonomy while maintaining coherent direction. Strategies for aligning technical capabilities with business goals. Methods to automate intelligently while preserving control. The authors bring over 60 years of combined experience advising companies on technology adoption; engineering practices; and product strategy. Their insights show how organizations can move beyond traditional development cycles to create personalized experiences that truly serve their users. If you’re responsible for product strategy; engineering; or digital experiences; this book will help you focus your team’s energy efficiently and deliver value that matters to all stakeholders; both within and outside your organization.

Web 2.0 is more pervasive than ever, with business analysts and technologists struggling to comprehend the opportunity it represents. But what exactly is Web 2.0 - a marketing term or technical reality? This fascinating book finally puts substance behind the phenomenon by identifying the core patterns of Web 2.0, and by introducing an abstract model and reference architecture to help you take advantage of them. In "Web 2.0 Architectures", authors Duane Nickull, Dion Hinchcliffe, and James Governor - who have 40 years of combined experience with technical specifications and industry trends - examine what makes successful Web 2.0 services such as Google AdSense, Flickr, BitTorrent, MySpace, Facebook, and Wikipedia tick. The result is a base of knowledge that developers, business people, futurists, and entrepreneurs can understand and use as a source of ideas and inspiration. This book reveals: a Model for Web 2.0 - an in-depth look at how the classic Client-Server model has evolved into a more detailed Web 2.0 model; Web 2.0 Reference Architecture - a generic component view that helps decision-makers recognize basic patterns in existing Web 2.0 applications - patterns that can be repurposed for other commercial ventures; and Specific Patterns of Web 2. 0 - How Service Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software as a Service pattern (SaaS), Participation-Collaboration Pattern, AJAX, Mashups, Rich User Experience (a.k.a. RIA), Collaborative Tagging Systems (Folksonomy), and more can be used in your technology business. In true Web 2.0 fashion, Nickull, Hinchcliffe, and Governor will present the reference architecture and patterns on their companion website so that people in the industry can augment it and continue the discussion.