Before I moved into the architecture space I diversified a little and ran a number of transformational IT projects. If you ever want to strike fear into a public sector project manager just say the word ‘Procurement’. In my experience …
I’m a Delivery Manager at the Skills Funding Agency. This is a new role for me and you can read some of my other blog posts about my experience so far. We're currently nearing the end of the Discovery phrase, where we research …
This is the first post in a series of three looking at data modelling in an Agile development framework. What’s in a name? Whether ‘Waterfall’ or ‘Agile’, there are many data modelling approaches and several types of data models. Variety is turned into …
At this early stage of the project, there are some days I feel I make little progress in terms of documentation, but a lot of progress in terms of getting people introduced and able to work together, which is one of the main principles of Agile.
A little bit about me… I’m Piers, and I’ve been working for the Skills Funding Agency for over nine years. In that time I’ve have various roles including: Project Administration, Contract Management, Finance, Junior Business Analyst and Agile Business Analyst. …
We recently ran a giant retrospective at Skills Funding Agency. We invited everyone to come along to tell us what was working well and what needed improvement. We asked people to tell us what puzzles them about agile and the changes …
Chance to reflect Last Wednesday (17th December) we held our first Agile 'giant' retrospective. It gave us chance to look back at our Agile projects over the past 12 months and discuss what had worked well, what needed to improve …
The Skills Funding Agency has been a hugely exciting place to work over the last year or so. We have torn up the old rule book, putting our users at the heart of everything we do, adopting agile techniques and bringing …