When we are thinking about software development as software developers, most of our focus is placed on the code. Here, we are thinking about things like object oriented principles, classes, interfaces, dependency injection, refactoring, automated unit testing, and the countless other technical practices that help us build better software. If your team consists of people who are only thinking about this, then who is thinking about the other stuff? Global issues such as but not limited to the following are equally as important:

1. Cross-cutting concerns such as logging and exception handling.
2. Security; including authentication, authorization and confidentiality of sensitive data.
3. Performance, scalability, availability and other quality attributes.
4. Audit and other regulatory requirements.
5. Interoperability/integration with other software systems.

Sometimes you need to step back, away from the code and away from your development tools. This doesn’t mean that the lower-level detail isn’t important because working software is ultimately about delivering working code. No, the detail is equally as important, but the big picture is about having a holistic view across your software to ensure that your code is working toward your overall vision rather than against it.

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