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D. Durham, C. MichelLean Software Systems Engineering for Developershttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6933-6_7

7. The Role of Chief Engineer

Doug Durham1   and Chad Michel1
(1)
Lincoln, NE, USA
 

Introduction

Software development is very technical, with many technical decisions along the journey. These decisions rarely cause massive failures in isolation. As discussed in Chapter 4, it is the sum of many small decisions that often leads to unmaintainable products. Transforming a team into an engine for modern application development will not be possible without a passionate, strong leader who can convince everyone of the better way and then actively works to ensure ...

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