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User Model: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 1

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Before you shout “Digital Transformation” in a crowded marketplace, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles in developing a SaaS product plan. For a deep dive, have a look at the AWS Definitions – SaaS Lens ; for a deeper dive, see the Google DevOps Catalog here. Or just drop us a line.

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The SaaS Balancing Act: Always Be Modernizing

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The Race Toward Feature Agility The answer to remaining competitive lies in accelerating the journey from traditional forms of software development toward feature agility – finding what your customers value and figuring out how to get it into your development process faster. Optimize cloud economics and drive Business Goals.

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Measurement: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 3

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When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. Part 3: Measurement One of the great breakthroughs of SaaS as a business strategy is in how it puts users and subscribers front and center of software development and keeps them there. But that’s just the beginning.

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Monetization: What SaaS platform builders need to know to prepare for growth, Part 2

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When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles. For a thorough assessment of options for a SaaS business model, download the AWS SaaS Journey Framework whitepaper , and/or take a technical deep dive into the SaaS Lens for the AWS Well-Architected Framework.

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Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

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Loosely-typed, scripted programming languages accelerate the requirements feedback loop between customers and developers. Frankencloud happens when the speed of customer-facing feature development is paid for by charging interest to functions outside of the direct control of the application developers.

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Understanding Multi-tenancy, the Keystone of SaaS

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There’s no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture, so practical strategies of building such frameworks will vary. The AWS Well-Architected Framework is one such approach that helps adopt architectural best practices (whether or not you run on AWS) and adapt continuously.