The Tech Executive Operating System: Creating an R&D Organization That Moves the Needle

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A. Ben-YosefThe Tech Executive Operating Systemhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-6895-7_9

9. Organizing the Organization

Even though it’s your hardware, it doesn’t mean you can’t upgrade it

Aviv Ben-Yosef¹  

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Hadera, Israel

 

R&D organizations can accumulate a lot of tech debt and thus suffer from low engineering velocity and quality issues. Software, though, is extremely malleable. It doesn’t mind that you refactor it or throw it away entirely. Your employees—your hardware, if you will—are not as flexible. You can A/B test a feature, but it is a lot harder to A/B test a reorg or a promotion to management.

Mistakes in your organization's formation are expensive ...