Modern software teams often use a variety of tools to handle planning, development, feature deployment, and post-release analysis. This fragmentation presents a challenge that can cause friction and delay software development cycles. It’s particularly troublesome for cross-functional teams, where varied roles, expertise, and work cultures can complicate collaboration.
There’s a growing agreement that effective software product development needs continuous collaboration across different functions, such as design, engineering, and operations.
Tobias Dunn-Krahn, CTO, and Doug Peete, Chief Product Officer of Atono, a software development lifecycle platform aimed at cross-functional teams, join the podcast with Kevin Ball. They discuss the challenges of modern product development, the importance of low-friction UX, AI’s role in product tooling, and how to integrate product, design, engineering, and operations into one workflow.
Full Disclosure: This episode is sponsored by Atono.

Kevin Ball or KBall, vice president of engineering at Mento and an independent coach for engineers and engineering leaders, co-founded and served as CTO for two companies. He founded the San Diego JavaScript meetup and organizes the AI inaction discussion group through Latent Space.
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