Tag: Agile Delivery

  • Writing with (Economist) Style

    Writing with (Economist) Style

    I’ve said elsewhere that I used to be an intelligence analyst in a risk mitigation company based in their Lloyds of London office (and occasionally in Baghdad, Aberdeen and Dubai). This role was where I first became a Product Owner (for an intelligence portal). A Cool Delivery Framework It was also where I first stumbled…

  • What is Scrum?

    What is Scrum?

    The Scrum Framework is a simple and popular Agile approach to organising teams to help them create valuable things in complex environments on an adaptable, regular and collaborative basis. Origins It was first theorised in Japan by business professors Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka in 1986, before being put into practise and codified in the…

  • Laws, Principles and Paradoxes to Back You Up in Discussions (and Debates)

    Laws, Principles and Paradoxes to Back You Up in Discussions (and Debates)

    Banish impostor syndrome with this list of concepts, rules, effects and other scientific observations that seem to hold true across society, nature and technology.

  • Introduce Scrum to your Organisation with a Hackathon

    Introduce Scrum to your Organisation with a Hackathon

    Agile adoptions can be messy, especially in larger organisations with a broad range of people, job roles and experiences (including bad experiences of Agility). A hackathon can offer a fast-paced, engaging and high profile experiment that can help tip the balance towards more dynamic, collaborative ways of working.