Let's reinvigorate software development.
It's about time.
Research paper: free PDF,
print edition | 1st Bochum Conference | Keynote with Niels | Webinar video | Conversation video |
Time-orientation video list
Let's make time the boss
Time-orientation is a revolutionary way of thinking about software development. And perhaps a shift in the way we organize software companies and tech firms, to achieve agility worth the name.
Now software development can become high-performing and self-improving, by combining flow and punctuality with joy at work. With TOSD, you deliver software faster than others can put together user stories.
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Invented and launched in 2025, TOSD is very straight-forward. It creates structures that are both simple and effective. So simple, in fact, that creating a TOSD system requires neither lengthy certifications, nor constant surveillance by consultants or coaches. You can bring about Time-Oriented Software Development within four weeks - regardless of how many people are involved. By making time the boss, everyone, including managers, can focus on getting the work done.
The TOSD team: Who we are
Niels Pflaeging is the world's leading thinker on Time-Oriented Work Systems. He is BetaCodex Network founder, advisor, international speaker and bestselling author. Niels (co-)created several influential approaches, including Cell Structure Design, Relative Targets and OpenSpace Beta. Together with Sebastian Kubsch, Niels is the creator of Time-Oriented Software Development, TOSD. He is based in Wiesbaden, Germany. Niels' working languages: EN, DE, ES, PT
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Sebastian Kubsch is CTO of Pradtke GmbH. Together with Niels Pflaeging, Sebastian is the creator of Time-Oriented Software Development, TOSD. Pradtke has been the first company to pioneer TOSD, starting consistent time-orientation in August 2025. The results started to appear immediately, leading to a 10-fold improvement of output within weeks. He is based in Bochum, Germany. Sebastian's working languages: EN, DE
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Andreas Schlegel is a senior IT advisor and architect with extensive experience in large-scale software implementations. He is also CTO at qomenius GmbH. Andreas is an accredited TOSD associate. He is based near Freiburg, Germany. Andreas' working languages: EN, DE
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Ernesto R. Corona is an entrepreneur and founder of d-vops, a company based in Argentina, Mexico and the United States. Ernesto is an experienced business, IT and change consultant, and creator/co-creator of the FLIPO card game and the BetaCodex Thermometer. Ernesto is an accredited TOSD associate. He is based in Buenos Aires and San Juan, Argentina. Ernesto's working languages: ES, EN
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Silke Hermann is a serial entrepreneur, advisor, creator of social technologies and co-founder of Red42. Silke acts as Consigliere to the TOSD Team. She is based in Wiesbaden, Germany. Silke's working languages: EN, DE
The BetaCodex Network
research paper on Time-Oriented Software Development, written by TOSD creators Niels Pflaeging
and Sebastian Kubsch:
Now available for download in English and in Spanish!
Get going with TOSD, fast:
our portfolio of services
Get the support you need to go time-oriented within weeks – regardless of your organization's size or geographic spread. Time-orientation scales naturally: It works with just a bunch of software developers, with hundreds or with thousands. We support clients of all sizes and wherever you are. We are fluent in several languages, including English, Spanish, Portuguese and German.
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Depending on your current setup, you might make use of some or all the following offerings that are delivered by our creator-founders, our accredited associates, and our associated companies. What you won't need to make time-orientation happen is certifications, lengthy classroom trainings, continuous internal or external support roles, or constant facilitation.
All this combined makes TOSD adoption very straight-forward, totally scalable and super-fast. Get in touch with us to learn more about TOSD services. Get in touch with Red42 about our portfolio of services!
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Learn, connect, reflect, prepare. 1st conference: Bochum/Germany,
26 Feb 2026
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Scalable small-group learning for all, all at once, in conversation. No classrooms needed
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TOSD impulse Sessions
For groups small to very large. Learn more about the concept, its features, principles & practice
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Scalable, self-organized large-group events for TOSD adoption and TOSD deepening
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Jump Start:
Your boot camp
Get started with TOSD as a company or team. Jump starting takes a single day, on site
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Get into the Groove
Regular, virtual support sessions to deepen, refine and consolidate your TOSD system
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Accelerator:
Advice for you
Company-individual support & advisory
during your first two months with TOSD
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Club Time-Orientation
Studio Days for insight, community-building, exchange, updates and action research
Official TOSD qualifications-Certifications
Starting January 2026
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TOSD Practitioner
Five 90-minutes web sessions, delivered through the qomenius platform. Plus 90-minute online live debriefing with a member of the TOSD Team.
You will be awarded the TOSD Practitioner badge
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TOSD
Consultant
Five 90-minutes web sessions, delivered through the qomenius platform. Plus 90-minute online live debriefing with a member of the TOSD Team.
You will be awarded the TOSD Consultant badge
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TOSD
MAnager
Five 90-minutes web sessions, delivered through the qomenius platform. Plus 90-minute online live debriefing with a member of the TOSD Team.
You will be awarded the TOSD Manager badge
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TOSD
Advisor
3-day in-presence qualification, plus written exercise and 1/2-day online colloquium, plus reading.
You will be awarded the TOSD Advisor badge, becoming an authorized TOSD client advisor and authorized reseller of the other qualifications-certifications in the TOSD portfolio
Videos: Keynotes & conversations
about TOSD
In this remarkable opening keynote at Regional Scrum Gathering Belgrade 2025, Niels Pflaeging reflects on the history of Waterfall and Agile software development, introduces key concepts of time-orientation and TOSD, and highlights the importance of enlightened understandings of decentralization and organizational change.
It's a firework of a keynote.
In the 76th episode of the BetaCodex LIVE podcast, Rijon Erickson discusses with TOSD co-creators Niels Pflaeging and Sebastian Kubsch how TOSD came into being, and they highlight distinctive features time-orientation, compared with conventional approaches to product development and software development.
In this recording of a webinar hosted by Agile Maine, Niels Pflaeging outlines key principles of time-orientation in software development and enters a lively discussion with participants about time-orientation and its foe, capacity-orientation. The group also debates how to overcome capacity-orientation and command-and-control management, for good.
Ernesto Corona and Niels Pflaeging discuss TOSD during the 8th episode of the "BetaCodex en Vivo" pocast in Spanish. The BetaCodex en Vivo podcast is also available on Spotify.
1st Bochum conference
on Time-Oriented
Software development
26 Feb 2026
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