By Michael Ryan, Head of Architecture Why read this article? If you are perfectly happy with your company’s data analytics capabilities and you’re using data to effectively drive business decisions, you can stop reading now. Unfortunately, few readers are in this category. In our experience, even clients with sophisticated data architectures sometimes struggle utilizing…

Building Software that Shouts the Language of your Business By Michael Ryan, Head of Architecture and Robin Morrison, Managing Director of Kenzan Your Company Struggles Your company struggles to build quality software. The problem is not staff — you have talented engineers, knowledgeable agile professionals and top business leadership. They are all paid…

By Michael Ryan, Director of Engineering and Andrew VanLoo, Backend Developer III — Many clients begin cloud migrations after hearing stories of increased up-time, reacting quickly to changing market demands, increased ability to attract the best and brightest candidates and substantial cost savings over their on-premises data center. It sounds easy — just move assets to the cloud and the benefits will follow.

By Michael Ryan, Director of Engineering — This is the first of a series of articles on Microservice Design Patterns. The articles center around the growth of a fictional video streaming service, Day After Sports. …

By Robin Morrison, Head of Agile Solutions and Michael Ryan, Director of Engineering — In a hurry to get to the cloud? Here’s what you need to keep in mind: Tip 1: Gain momentum by addressing others’ points of view up front Tip 2: Paint and communicate a vision for the future Tip 3: Proactively manage expectations of business stakeholders Tip 4: Integrate DevSecOps…

By Robin Morrison, Head of Agile Solutions — It is often said that software development and knowledge work is invisible work. But as a leader, if you do not see it — how can you improve it? “Going to the Gemba” is one method. As an agile solutions consultant, I help solve problems in technology-focused companies by looking…

by Mark Anthony, Senior Technical Writer At Kenzan and its parent company Amdocs, I work every day with cloud architects, software developers, and other technology experts who specialize in digital transformation. As a technical writer, my job is to make sure the amazing solutions our team members design come across…

By Elisa Hebert, Head of Operations and Client Solutions — This is the sixth post in a multi-part series about Radical Candor and authenticity in the workplace. To start at the beginning, check out the first post in the series. It’s been a little over a year since I was introduced to Radical Candor, though in COVID times it seems…

By Elisa Hebert, Head of Operations and Client Solutions — This is the fifth post in a multi-part series about Radical Candor and authenticity in the workplace. To start at the beginning, check out the first post in the series. On the left tail of the COVID-19 bell curve (which maybe we are still in, which is horrifying), when many…