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Software Development Partnerships That Survive Year Two — Checklist

Software Development Partnerships That Survive Year Two — Checklist — a field note from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not another frame

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Written by Satyendra Pal Singh 5 min read Updated Aug 6, 2026

Software Development Partnerships That Survive Year Two — Checklist — a field note from Shriram IT Ventures for engineering and product leads who need decisions, not another framework essay.

Who this is for

Ignore the buzzwords. For Software Development Partnerships That Survive Year Two — Checklist, the hard constraint is usually data ownership or ops capacity — not how many features fit on a roadmap slide.

Decisions that still look smart in 18 months

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

Build checklist we actually use

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

Failure modes we keep seeing

Instrument the happy path and the ugly path. Silent failures are what turn a launch into a weekend incident.

How we measure rollout

Teams that write trade-offs down before coding burn fewer sprints when a stakeholder changes their mind mid-build. We keep ADRs short on purpose.

We update this when delivery patterns change on live client work.

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