Sustainable Dual-Track Development: The Future of Software Engineering for Co-located, Remote, and Hybrid Teams

by Todd Sedano, Paul Ralph

Overview

This book focuses on sustainable software development processes for teams: two or more individuals who work together regularly, are effective, and share compatible goals. Working together doesn’t mean the team physically sits together in the same room, but it does mean team members collaborate synchronously, completing tasks together (e.g. pair programming) rather than divvying up tasks to complete separately.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040403037
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	09/16/2025
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	276

About the Author

Dr. Todd Sedano, PhD (Carnegie Mellon University) enjoys creating inclusive engineering environments, empowering others to excel, and coaching others by listening and reframing from a growth mindset. He has more than 25 years of experience as a software engineer and engineering manager at leading organizations including NASA JPL, Pivotal Labs, VMWare, Enjoy, Gusto, and ID.me. Todd has published scholarly articles on software development waste, agile teams, product backlogs, and dual-track development. His academic research became the foundation for this book. His current hobbies include riding roller coasters, improvisational theater, and American Kenpo.

Dr. D. Paul Ralph, PhD (British Columbia), B.Sc. / B.Comm (Memorial), is an award-winning scientist, author, consultant, Professor of Software Engineering and director of the Dalhousie Software Engineering Lab. His cutting-edge research at the intersection of software engineering, human-computer interaction, and project management investigates how to improve the environmental, social, economic, and technical sustainability of software development. Dr. Ralph’s previous research has been published in over 100 peer-review articles and been used by leading technology companies including Adobe, Amazon, AT&T, Canon, IBM, Google, HP, Microsoft, Netflix, Oracle, PayPal, Samsung, Salesforce, VMWare, Yahoo!, and Walmart.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Overview, Chapter 2: Balanced Teams, Chapter 3: The Product Backlog, Chapter 4: Boundary Spanning, Chapter 5: Project Management, Chapter 6: Introducing Track One, Chapter 7: Making Sense of the Project Environment, Chapter 8: Design Thinking, Chapter 9: Introducing Track Two, Chapter 10: Clean Code and Tests, Chapter 11: Integrating and Delivering, Chapter 12: Toward Organizational Justice, and Chapter 13: Conclusion.