Thank you Ricardo for stepping in here! Very cool that you elaborated on this. 

A practical question that your reply led me to, if I may: since I imagine a lot of folks who will benefit from this will already have pre-existing factories with their own architectures and operations, what are some of the best approaches you've seen working to improve their existing architectures especially when adding more applications to their portfolio? I imagine it depends on the size of the portfolio and their current architectures in place, but would love to get your perspective on the change management approach.

Thanks!

In my opinion, there are no one-size-fits-all solutions. Often (and in most cases), factories already have significant development capabilities, and sometimes all they need is to explore alternatives and possible paths to remain scalable. I think that, as with everything in life, trade-offs must be considered, and what works for some may not work for others, but hybrid solutions can be created that can serve as a basis for work in other scenarios. Technical management, whether for large or small factories, has a very organic component with the businesses they support, so each specific aspect shapes the path to follow. It's pointless to have a factory with 0% technical debt if it brings no value to the business, just as it's pointless to have solutions that handle thousands of clicks per minute but don't scale. I believe the great virtue of good technical management is truly understanding how the two parts (business and technology) merge and how they should coexist.

Thanks. I'm sure this is one of the aspects you covered in the book as well, so great to connect the dots there!