Doug Durham kicks off his 3-part series by identifying key contributors to re-work, missed schedules, and poor product fit, and then shares processes designed to mitigate these risks before coding.| Doug Durham
Hi, I'm Doug Durham. I'm passionate about software engineering and entrepreneurship. I write and speak about the processes and challenges of software development.| Doug Durham
This month, I am stepping away from daily operations as Managing Partner at Don’t Panic Labs. Over the past 15 years at Nebraska Global and Don’t Panic Labs, I have been engaged every day doing challenging work that I love. I focused on building companies, engineering solutions for our partners, and evangelizing for our ecosystem […] The post Finding Joy in the Work and in What Comes Next appeared first on Doug Durham.| Doug Durham
April 2025 marks the 15th anniversary of the founding of Don’t Panic Labs. We are a software product development and innovation company in Nebraska that focuses on providing the necessary support, experience, and product development capacity to innovation groups and entrepreneurs to bring their innovative vision to life. In this blog post, I will be […]| Doug Durham
A brief overview of the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge and how it can help software developers track their professional development.| Doug Durham
Doug Durham breaks down results from a survey we conducted at Heartland Developers Conference in October.| Doug Durham
Today, we are announcing that we have completed the purchase of Nebraska Global’s interest in the company.| Doug Durham
Last week, I had the privilege to give the opening keynote at the 2021 Nebraska.Code() conference. My topic was Musings on Developer Maturity and Growth where I laid out a model for creating developer maturity proto-personas using IEEE’s Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge, or SWEBOK for short. I mentioned as I introduced […]| Doug Durham
The countless tragic deaths, most recently of Ahmaud Arbery, Breonna Taylor, and George Floyd, and the recent violence we have seen play out have reinforced the need for our society to participate in some difficult conversations about who we are and who we want to be. As we witness powerful expressions of grief and anger […]| Doug Durham
Doug takes a deep dive into the fact that any single methodology alone will not solve our software development challenges.| Doug Durham
Doug reflects on his experience at the International Conference on Global Software Engineering and how conferences like it are important for the software industry.| Doug Durham
Doug Durham talks about ways software developers can do a better job of transitioning from requirements to coding.| Doug Durham
Doug Durham talks about techniques used by Don’t Panic Labs so teams have a shared understanding when software development projects begin.| Doug Durham
