Introduction Bold Statement: many companies that have implemented Agile are getting the benefits because they have missed the point of Agile. Companies will implement a flavour of Agile (Scrum most commonly) but will find that while the ceremonies improve communication and help to improve speed of delivery, they do not see a significant increase in…
I started my career working with ERP and accounting systems. Back in the 1990s I was heavily involved in the family business where I authored the accounting system for the business while doing the “day job” of running a development team with a software house. Although the family business ended when my father retired, I…
Introduction As part of my work undertaking IT due diligence on businesses hoping to sell or receive an investment, I see many types of companies . Many of these are providing products and services for their customers or running applications for their staff to use to run the business.  One question that investors and CTO’s…
Nigel Mossman an Agile Practitioner, Delivery Manager, Coach and Trainer who has been accredited by APMG International to run AgilePM and AgileDS training. He is the Lead Trainer with IndigoBlue (Mastek UK Ltd) who are an APMG Accredited Training Organisation (ATO). What is it? An agile method targeted at those who are building Digital…
The Elevator Pitch An agile method that offers a full life cycle, clearly defined roles for all those that need to be involved in a  project, in built process and product quality, governance support, can be configured to complement other methods in our organisation and with a clear focus on delivering software that meets the…
For as long as I can remember, we’ve had it instilled into us that we must satisfy and ideally delight the customer.  As agile practitioners, customer satisfaction and delight sit at the core of what we are trying to do. I was recently reminded of this by Three, the Mobile Phone company, who I have…
Introduction New EU data protection regulations take effect on 25th May 2018. To comply, most organisations will need to make changes to contracts and IT systems, yet many remain unaware of the GDPR. The potential costs could be significant as could the amount of time needed to make the necessary changes. Broadly, the GDPR assigns…
A few years ago I was asked to Coach and Scrum Master a freshly hired team for a large PLC. The team had been given the task of enhancing a system that formed the core of day to day operations for a business unit turning over several hundred million pounds per year: • Aside from…
I have created a simple little survey to allow you to assess your project with SEMAT. You can print the answers (or download a little PDF) afterwards so you can rerun the survey at a later date to see if how the project has changed. This is a simple tool to see if SEMAT works…
SEMAT SEMAT short for Software Engineering Methods And Theory is an initiative to create a set of activities and states for each activity to use with (principally agile) software projects. Despite the rather grand title, SEMAT is, at its core, a frame work of activities and states that apply to all software projects. The objective…