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THE BACKLOG ILLUSION
Why Software Teams Look Busy While Delivery Slows, and How Managed PODs Restore FlowBy STEVE TAPLIN & CHRIS HORVAT
Length6h 17m
About this audiobook
Your backlog is growing. Your team is sprinting. Your standups are full. And yet the roadmap keeps slipping. This book names the structural problem and delivers a practical operating model for restoring delivery flow.
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GenreBusiness and Economics, Technology
Length6 hrs 17 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateApr 30, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
2Preface: We’ve Seen This Movie Before
3Chapter One: When the Bill Comes Due
4Chapter Two: The Six Pain Points of Backlogs
5Chapter Three: The Managed Delivery PODs
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6Chapter Four: The U.S. Principal Engineer
7Chapter Five: The LATAM Nearshore Engine That Powers the POD
8Chapter Six: The Contract and Incentives That Drive Real Outcomes
9Chapter Seven: AI in the POD: The Copilot Brain
10Chapter Eight: Human Guardrails - Machine Speed
11Chapter Nine: How AI-Powered PODs Burn Down Backlogs
12Chapter Ten: The End of Black-Box Delivery
13Chapter Eleven: Security, Compliance and Integration
14Chapter Twelve: Proof and Adoption
15Epilogue: Backlogs are Not the Problem
16About The Author
17Steve Taplin
18Chris Horvat
19About The Company: Sonatafy Technology
20About The Podcast: Software Leaders Uncensored
21Continuing The Conversation
22For Organizations
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