Projects come in all shapes and sizes. While some are the standard jobs you complete every week, others are more […]
Category Archives: Pontification
The VESPR lead qualification framework: is this project for us?
Our delivery resources are limited. We owe it to our customers to keep doing great work. Bad projects don’t just […]
Reflections on Product Ownership
In my day job, I do not call myself a Product Owner. My title is Project Manager, and I think […]
The importance of asking the right questions
The management of a project is one of those situations where, when it’s done right, it barely looks like it’s […]
Data as a public asset
I recently had the pleasure of attending a public consultation on the latest iteration of the Supplier Standard. For the […]
FP: a quiet revolution
Functional Programming (FP) is taking over the programming world, which is kind of weird since it has taken over the […]
Being a tutor at the Open University
At Isotoma, our recruitment policy is forward-thinking and slightly unconventional. We prioritise how you think rather than where, or even […]
Timesheets: some observations on observation
Just as a throwaway in my post on understanding your team’s progress I said something like “everyone hates timesheets”. And […]
External agencies vs. in-house teams
As you’ll already know because you’re windswept and interesting; we record a semi regular podcast where we look into an […]
A blog post about estimating
First of all, a provocative but sweeping statement about the subject to kick us off: If your agency won’t talk […]