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Case 05 · Engineering capability · by Salah Eldesoky

Establish an insourced technology centre of excellence

Build an organisation-owned engineering centre from nothing. Set a charter and an honest total-cost case, hire and transfer knowledge without breaking live service, and scale only on evidence.

Software engineers in an office with terracotta cubicles

Fictional scenario. Organisations, figures and outcomes are illustrative. This demonstrates decision-making, not a claim about a delivered project or an employer's position. Views are personal.

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