For those of you who don't know the name Brian Clough, let me introduce him: Clough was the manager of the football team I support - Nottingham Forest - from 1975 to 1993. He guided Forest to the League Championship for the first and only time in their history in 1978. He then led them... Continue Reading →
I’m a project manager, so unsurprisingly I can find myself in animated conversations with other project managers regarding how best to manage the work that our team members are doing. We all have our favourite techniques and methods, but the process generally starts with making the work each member of the team is planning to... Continue Reading →
The group of talented engineers I currently lead have formed into a great team over the last year. Recently, I've been considering what I thought that was down to (as it would be quite useful to know!). Was it simply the somewhat fortunate mix of personalities who were allocated to the project? Was it blind... Continue Reading →
I’ve heard people say that the decision regarding whether to automate software deployments is a 'no-brainer'; "Every software development team should have a fully automated deployment process". It’s not even a debate. It’s a declaration. It's all well and good making that bold statement, but in actual fact there are only a relatively small percentage... Continue Reading →
In my view, the drive to inspect and adapt is the most important concept to have been popularized by the agile software development movement. It's an idea that got me hugely excited and engaged in the subject when I first came across it in 2005. This essence of this is that 'we will always know... Continue Reading →
In my previous post, I explained how leaving an extended period between releases of your software is just as risky an approach as forgoing regular dental check-ups. So if you bought that argument, it seems sensible to deploy pretty often, right? The problem is, and where the dental metaphor decays (sorry), is that software development... Continue Reading →
As a project manager, the process of releasing software can be fraught with anxiety and dread. I can think about numerous times in my career where, in the shadow of an approaching release deadline, the thought of having to ship our application was akin to contemplating an imminent visit to the dentist. In fact, even... Continue Reading →
Welcome to my blog. My name is Chris, a agile project manager, development manager and agile coach based in Cambridge, United Kingdom. I work for a software company called Redgate - a purveyor of ingeniously simple software tools and services. My job is to lead agile software development teams; helping them to solve their own problems and do... Continue Reading →
Leading Agile Teams 