Software delivery should not be a headcount problem.
Since 2013, one principal has owned each of our products end to end. The swarm came with LLM APIs. One room now ships what used to take a floor.
The unit
Hours versus a finished system
- 01 Hours A team is assembled, ramps, and bills until it stops. You own what is left.
- 02 UNIT01 One principal and a swarm. A fixed price for a finished system.
- 03 Result You accept a system your team can run. Not a timesheet.