What It Actually Takes to Build a Software Factory — Tereza Tížková, Factory
A true software factory requires full organizational rebuilding, not just autonomous code generation agents.
“you have to really rebuild your organization from the ground up to become a 'software factory.' You can't just bring in consultants and implement something in the middle of your organization”
Tereza Tížková of Factory defines a software factory as a fully autonomous software development lifecycle—covering signal collection, prioritization, orchestration, validation, and iteration—not merely code generation. She argues the concept is now viable due to LLM maturity, improved context length, and better agent sandboxing, citing deployments with EY and Adobe. The core thesis is that adopting a software factory model demands ground-up organizational rebuilding rather than incremental consulting-led implementation.