Alistair Barker

Sessions

• How To Successfully Develop Software Products

  11:20 - 12:10 UTC | Tuesday 11th November 2025 | Bristol 3
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  The world of software development is overflowing with advice, best practices, frameworks, methodologies, and tools. But after years of building real-world products, many teams come to the same realisation: what’s praised at conferences or preached in blog posts isn’t always the right fit for every project. In this talk, we’ll explore how to make better decisions by mapping software products along two key dimensions: complexity and maturity. We’ll show how these factors influence everything from architecture to team structure, and why context matters more than dogma. Some topics we’ll explore: Minimum viable product (MVP) vs prototype: what’s the difference and […]