Fixing a Broken Development Process

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Fixing a Broken Development Process

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Nov 3, 2020

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John Doran shares how his team focused on monitoring, continuous integration, and changed their culture to save a SaaS business that was struggling to support its customer base.

Released:

Nov 3, 2020

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Fixing a Broken Development Process

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