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Notes on agile delivery, engineering flow, and the economics of building software.
2024-11-12
Are you SredReady?
We've launched SredReady.ca, a dedicated resource for Canada's SR&ED program — the country's largest R&D tax incentive, worth up to a 35% refundable credit for small CCPCs. Here's what it covers.
2024-11-03
Guide to Responsibility Centers in Managerial Accounting
Responsibility centers are organizational units that hold managers accountable for specific financial outcomes. They come in four types — cost, revenue, profit, and investment — each widening the scope of what a manager owns.
2024-11-03
What is a Cost Center? (with examples)
A cost center is a department that incurs expenses but doesn't directly generate revenue. Understanding them is essential for financial planning and control — and for telling them apart from profit centers.
2024-11-03
What is a Profit Center?
A profit center is a segment responsible for generating revenue, evaluated on its profitability rather than just its costs. Here's how they work, how they differ from cost centers, and how to measure one.
2024-11-03
What is an Investment Center?
An investment center is responsible for profits and the capital decisions behind them, evaluated on return on investment. It's the third responsibility-center type — distinct from cost and profit centers.
2024-10-17
How Security Debt is different from Technical Debt
Technical debt slows you down; security debt can sink you. Both come from shortcuts — but security debt threatens data integrity, invites fines, and, as Equifax learned, can expose millions.
2023-04-21
The Benefits of Using Kanban for Project Management
Kanban brings flow, flexibility, and continuous improvement to project management — a sharp contrast to the linear plans and fixed deadlines of traditional methods. Here's why teams are adopting it.