Modern software teams are expected to ship faster, build more securely, and maintain reliability at scale, often while juggling a sprawling toolchain. The reality is sobering. 69% of developers spend at least a quarter of their time maintaining and integrating tools,...
What is The Value of DevSecOps? Hello and welcome to today’s SPK and Associates vlog. My name is Michael Roberts, Vice President of Sales and Marketing here at SPK. DevSecOps has become a strategic priority for engineering organizations. But with so many platforms and...
You will be taken to another page to registerBy submitting this form, I acknowledge receipt of SPK and Associates' Privacy Policy.AI is rapidly changing how software is built but simply adding AI coding assistants on top of an already fragmented toolchain often...
As product organizations head into 2026, the pressure to build the right things faster and with clearer alignment to business outcomes has never been higher. Product leaders are expected to balance customer feedback, strategic priorities, delivery constraints, and...
Modern engineering moves too fast for scattered tools and tribal knowledge. A strong Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) platform becomes your team’s operating system, connecting strategy to execution, requirements to releases, and every artifact along the way. The...
Developing high-quality products quickly can be a challenge without the proper tools, processes, and partners to help. Dive into this eBook to discover how partnering with SPK can help you achieve product development success.What You Will Learn In this eBook, we will...
As cyber attackers find new ways to infiltrate, it is essential to stay up-to-date with security-related compliance requirements. This eBook explores how to simplify compliance in the software development space.What You Will Learn In this eBook, you will explore:...
Developer experience (DX) is more than just a buzzword. It underpins how fast you can build, how well you deliver, and how happy your engineering team remains. When DX is ignored, you see frustrated developers, siloes, bloated toolchains, and slower innovation. ...
Ensuring your developers have the proper tools and processes to eliminate slowdowns and frustrations can be the difference between a great and a poor developer experience. Discover the importance of developer experience (DX) and how to improve it in this eBook.What...
Choosing the right platform to manage ideation, roadmapping, and alignment with engineering matters. While there are many, two heavy-hitters in this space are Jira Product Discovery (JPD) from Atlassian and Aha! from the company of the same name. This blog breaks...
The use of Large language models (LLMs) to generate production-ready code for product engineering teams is gaining popularity. With LLM usage gaining traction, quality assurance engineers and software development managers must ensure that these LLMs meet high...
Introduction Welcome everybody, and thanks for joining today's conversation. This is Why Developers Lose Flow and How to Fix It. If you ever work with software engineering teams, you know developer productivity isn't just about writing code; it's about protecting...