One Piece Flow, One Piece At a Time

There’s been a lot of interesting conversation regarding the use of Kanban / Continuous Flow Development models and it’s something that I see a great deal of benefit in. I find myself struggling to understand whether it would be possible to start a team that hasn’t really used a process of any description before out [...]

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The Greatest Trick The Devil Ever Pulled Was Making People Believe That He Didn’t Exist

James Shore made a great post the other day, Stumbling Through Mediocrity in which he talks about how dysfunctional companies will never truly reap the benefits of an Agile adoption as they aren’t inclined to actually change their ways. Rob Bowley then followed up with his post, Agile Isn’t Enough likening the introduction of agile [...]

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Madmen In The Halls

I read Tom De Marco’s book Slack a few months ago, the first chapter titled “Madmen in the Halls” starts by suggesting that:
“The legacy of the nineties has been a dangerous corporate delusion: the idea that organizations are effective ony to the extent that all their workers are totally and eternally busy. Anyone who’s not [...]

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It’s like trying to get home when you’re drunk

I met some friends for lunch the other day and when asked how it was going in my new role, I said to them that it was all a bit like doing the Hokey Cokey at the moment. To put that in context, there are a number of changes that I want to see happen [...]

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An Agile Adoption Pattern: Wax On, Wax Off

I know I’ve said before that I don’t believe in an Agile Adoption initiative but humour me a little here…
As I rode home dodging in and out of traffic a couple of weeks ago, with the saddle still as low as it would go from the last descent that we did on the bike ride [...]

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We’re Hiring

Well, it’s been an exciting 5 weeks since joining 7digital, not just for myself but for the company too. I’m sure most of you will have seen some of the press coverage we received on Tuesday when we were the first in Europe to go 100% MP3 and DRM Free. As part of that we [...]

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It Was A Stone Groove…

And so it was. Somebody left that message in the leaving card that I received last week when I left BBC Worldwide. I spent an incredible 4 and a bit years working there and have many fond memories of the place and people.
So what now? Well, I’ve started as a Development Manager at 7digital, a [...]

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Agile: Like Fingernails On A Chalkboard

This is a post that I’ve had in my drafts for some time now, mainly because I’ve been trying to temper it’s message somewhat, having posted Agile Adoption – Just Say No the other day though I thought it was worth posting as a follow up as it relates to the last of the 3 [...]

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Agile Adoption – Just Say No

Mishkin Berteig has posted an interesting article regarding what he considers the best agile practices to implement now, that is those that deliver the highest return on investment. After the recent reshuffle here I’ve had the opportunity to start to work more closely with a couple of our development teams which has been great.
I agree [...]

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Let The Inmates Run The Asylum

One of my colleagues recently sent me a quote from this site which tickled me a bit.
“Those who do not have a clue are still debating about the process.
Those who know, just do it. (56)”
When reading through the rest of the quotes on the page I find the following one more interesting though:
“If you want [...]

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