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

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First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. Their conclusion: Delivering software quickly, reliably, and safely is at the heart of technology transformation and organizational performance. When developing a SaaS product plan, it’s important to recognize two foundational principles.

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

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First: SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. 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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The SaaS Balancing Act: Always Be Modernizing

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Determine Customer-centric Priorities The 5 Pillars of the AWS Well-Architected Framework fron AWS enumerates the elements of a well-architected development framework. The difference between the top 20% of technology organizations is not in (laudable) resilience in the face of downtime.

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

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First, SaaS is a business strategy, not a technology strategy. In fact, monitoring unforeseen changes in your cloud spend can be a direct indicator of how well your architecture delivers the features it was built for (see “ Run cost as architecture fitn e ss function ”, November 2020 Thoughtworks technology radar ).

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Beyond Frankencloud: living with your once and future SaaS architecture

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The B2B SaaS arms race will be won by those who can consistently translate technical debt into development versatility: adding new features, integrating new data sources and workflow integrations, trying new technologies, retiring locked-in dependencies. and onboarding new customers. DevOps transformation! Containers!

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Understanding Multi-tenancy, the Keystone of SaaS

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This is a not one-sided convenience to just make life easier for the technology side: it’s a delivery model that structures how resources within the SaaS platform serve your customers. There’s no one-size-fits-all SaaS architecture, so practical strategies of building such frameworks will vary.