Together with Pradtke CTO Sebastian Kubsch, BetaCodex Network founder Niels Pflaeging is preparing the launch of the Time-Oriented Software Development approach (TOSD), due later this month. TOSD is based on the BetaCodex, and goes well beyond known agile approaches to software development, such as Scrum or Kanban: It proposes consistent time-orientation and realization of flow and speed – without any need for centralized steering, intense planning and estimation, batch orientation (through sprints), heavy supervision, or meeting overkill.
The launch of TOSD later in October will include:
- Publication of the 26th BetaCodex Network research paper "Introducing Time-Oriented Software Development which outlines the approach in detail, discusses the Pradtke case study and presents the concept overview.
- Publication of the TOSD open source license which allows you to use, commercialize and develop upon TOSD, under the conditions of a “CC-BY-SA” license.
- Presentation support and service formats that will allow software teams, software development departments and software companies to "go consistently time-oriented" within weeks - not months or years, together with everyone.
- Announcement of the 1st conference for Time-Oriented Software Development, which will take place in Germany, in early 2026.
Niels Pflaeging sums up the paradigm shift to TOSD like this: “Sprints are out – flow and time orientation in software development are in!”
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