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# What Is a Software Factory and How to Build One in 20 Minutes


- **Date:** Friday, Sep 25, 2026
- **Time:** 12:20–12:50 (30 min)
- **Room:** Stage 2
- **Event:** World Congress 2026 North America

## Description

Software factories are not products. They are a pattern built from a few core capabilities. We will review those capabilities, assemble a software factory from them in under 20 minutes, and see what kind of work it is good for.


## Speaker

### [Victor Savkin](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/@victor-savkin)

CTO


## Related talks at this congress

- [Building the Agentic Software Factory](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1844-building-the-agentic) — Matan Grinberg, Thomas Dohmke
- [Signal Layer: What to Build When Anything Can Be Built](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1884-signal-layer-what-to) — Lena Hall
- [Why Buy Software When AI Can Build It?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1897-why-buy-software) — Lee Edwards, Mang-Git Ng, Richard Robinson, Yoel Sommer
- [Architecting the 100X SDLC: Building Production Trust into AI-Assisted Delivery](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/events/world-congress-2026-north-america/sessions/1826-architecting-the) — Ranjan Parthasarathy

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