Software Factory

is an emerging development model with a different organization of development teams' work aimed at the mass-production of software utilizing unified implementations, deeper specialization, and development conveyors.

A Software Factory helps achieve a step change in productivity and cost reduction:

4x increase in development productivity in 6 months
4x decrease in time to market within a year
A path toward a fully automated AI-powered factory!

We are finalizing the “Software Factory” transformational program and encourage partners and early adopters to join us!

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A Quick Historical Outlook:

Eras in Traditional Manufacturing

GOODS

Goods production evolved through 4 distinct eras, with each transition causing a step-change in productivity, quality, and cost-efficiency.

Era 1: Early production

People made their own clothing, tools, and other items without specializing in one type of good. Their production processes were basic, labor-intensive, and inefficient, resulting in lower quality and quantity of goods.

Primitive tools

Craftsmanship

Era 2:Workshops

The invention of primitive tools led to the formation of artisans who specialized in manufacturing specific products. Trained by masters and practicing their craft most of their lives, these artisans produced significantly more and better-quality items compared to occasional craftsmen.

Standardization

Division of labor

Conveyors

Era 3: Factories

The transition to standardized parts, assembly line production, and highly specialized workers drastically improved productivity while simultaneously reducing costs.

Artificial Intelligence

Robotics

3D printing

Era 4: Light-off Factories

Advancements in IT and 3D printing enable fully automated, "light-off" factories, eliminating the need for human labor and again drastically improving productivity and reducing costs.

...But Most of Software Development Teams Are Stuck in the Second

Era— Workshops — Now

SOFTWARE

Software development is a relatively new industry that appeared in the middle of the 20th century. Compared to traditional industries, it creates non-material products represented by code executed by computers.

Era 1: Early Software Programming

Initially, the development of programs was on the shoulders of computer scientists who programmed their creations using primitive tools in machine codes. It was very hard and time-consuming work.

Compilers

Software Development

Era 2: Agile Workshops

The advent of the first compilers and the establishment of software development as a profession led to the creation of companies specializing in software products for sale. These companies operate similarly to workshops in traditional industries.

Most software development teams are HERE today

Microservices and Microfronteds

IaaC and DevOps

Developers' specialization and conveyors

Era 3: Software Factories

The transition to standardized reusable building blocks, components, design patterns, templates, software "assembly lines," and highly specialized developers drastically improves productivity while simultaneously reducing costs nowadays. Developers delegate a significant part of their work to AI, as the processes and building blocks are standardized and repeatable.

Our clients are already HERE!

Generative AI

Quantum Computing

Era 4: AI-Powered Software Factories

Finally, Generative AI and Quantum Computing enable fully automated, "light-off" software factories that develop software without direct human involvement, again drastically improving productivity and reducing costs.

Many companies dream about getting into that era

Misconceptions About the Software Factory

AGILE

The term “Software Factory” is often misunderstood in the industry.

It usually refers to automated delivery pipelines (DevOps) and CASE tools to auto-generate software components. This confusion creates a serious issue. While automation can help, it alone cannot create a significant increase in development productivity or cost reduction. Most organizations that have introduced automation report only slight improvements, which are far from achieving 2x or 3x gains.

Many software teams operate as “Agile Workshops” at the 2nd level of software production evolution, but dream of jumping to the last, 4th level, where AI will replace developers entirely.

An Agile Workshop is characterized by:

Bespoke Components :

bespoke implementations and fuzzy development practices are up to developers

Universal Workforce:

broad responsibilities, loosely defined roles, craftsmanship

Ad-hoc Processes:

Ad-hoc organization of work managed through personal communication

But there is a significant opportunity

right in front of us:

opportunity

A true Software Factory, where human operations are organized according to factory principles to create a step-change in software production.

Unparalleled results are achievable by bringing more consistency and repeatability to people, processes, and work products.

Standard components
Well-defined operations to build them
And automated production lines to assemble products

lead to a 4x or more increase in software production output while lowering the expertise required for team members and reducing development costs.

Let's Discover What the

Software Factory Really Means

SOFtWARE

Contrary to common belief, a Software Factory is not just about automation or reusable software assets. It involves a different organization of work, similar to how traditional factories operate.

The Three Pillars of the Software Factory:

Standardized components

Products are built according to reference architectures and consist of standardized, templated components accompanied by implementation instructions.

Highly-specialized roles

All team roles have narrowly defined responsibilities and are trained to perform standardized similar and repeatable tasks.

Development "conveyors"

The work process is organized as a sequence of workplaces with clear inputs and outputs where specialized workers perform their operations on standardized components.

In addition, it greatly simplifies the adoption of Generative AI to automate development operations, and

it can be done gradually by increasing the automation level one workstation at a time.

Eventually, this will lead toward a AI-Powered Factory that produces software without direct human involvement.

Compared to a traditional Agile Workshop, the Software Factory model brings a much more systematic and structured approach, enhancing the consistency and repeatability of software development.

Overall, it provides a number of benefits:

Better Quality
Less Complexity
Lower Skill Requirements

Shorter Time to Market
Faster Innovation
Simpler Outsourcing

Lower Development Costs
Easier Maintenance
Faster Developers Onboarding

How The Program Works

STEPS

Step 1: Standardized Implementation

Goal: Standardize components and development practices

Methods: Reference Architecture, Reference Designs, Design Patterns, Guidelines, Component Templates

Our Programs to Achieve Standardization: Better Microservices, Better Microfrontends, Better Testing, Better Delivery

Evolution: Incrementally standardize all software development areas and increase the standardization level by adding more patterns, practices, and templates

Step 2: Deeper Specialization and Development Conveyors

Goal: Introduce deeper specialization and organize work as development conveyors

Methods: Specialized Roles, Work Product Templates, Developer Instructions and SOPs, Workplace, Conveyor, Technologist, Trainer, Process Engineer

Our Programs to Achieve Standardization: Software Factory

Evolution: Incrementally introduce specialization into different production areas, organize work as conveyors, gradually increase the specificity of roles, and add templates for different work products with detailed instructions

Step 3: Automating Manual Work with Generative AI

Goal: Automate manual operations with AI and gradually increase automation level to reach the “AI-Powered Factory”

Methods: Automated Workplaces, AI Agents, Trained LLMs, Changing Automation Levels

Our Programs to Achieve Standardization: Software Factory (initial level)

Evolution: ncrementally automate individual workplaces, and gradually raise automation level from Manual to Unsupervised

Now We Are Finalizing a Software Factory Transformational Program

with fixed price, clear deliverables, guarantees and great bonuses! The Program encompasses 9 key areas:

Plan 01

Standards

Standardize product designs

Standards

Standardize product designs

Conveyors

Define collaborative processes

Build 02

Components

Plan component manufacturing

Operations

Formalize operating procedures

Assembly

Automate delivery processes

Run 03

Train

Train and certify personnel

Testing

Define patterns to test microservices

Improve

Measure performance and improve

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At Enterprise Innovation Consulting, we enhance productivity in various areas of software development, including:

Better Microservices

Improve backend development with modern microservices architecture.

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Better Microfrontends

Transform web development with modern microfrontend architecture.

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Better Testing

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Implement automated functional and non-functional system-level testing.

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Better Delivery

Automate software delivery, including product packaging, scripted environments, and CI/CD pipelines.

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By choosing Enterprise Innovation Consulting, software organizations gain access to a wealth of knowledge and expertise across these critical areas.

Our programs are designed not just to address immediate development challenges but to foster an environment of continuous improvement and innovation.

Whether you're looking to refine your microservices architecture, enhance your front-end development practices, or revolutionize your software delivery processes, our suite of programs provides the tools and guidance necessary to achieve superior outcomes in today’s competitive software development landscape.

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