Peter Bird
User experience of agile project: I have never known a project to develop at such a rate."
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Peter is a consultant at IndigoBlue Consulting Ltd with experience in strategic consulting, information architecture and the practice of traditional and Agile project methodologies.
My Most Recent Posts
Scaling Agile Long Term
11 MAR 2011 | Posted in agile methodology, cost of agile, scaling agile | Author Peter BirdScaling Agile isn't just about concern with managing bigger teams. It's also about longer term governance and management of the broader programme.
Four Legs Good, Two Legs Bad
08 MAR 2011 | Posted in agile business process, Government, taxonomy | Author Peter BirdLast month a blog post by Tessa Munt, Liberal Democrat MP for Wells, reported on problems at the Rural Payments Agency (RPA).
The RPA is owned by The Department for Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA) and has been in the news fairly regularly following reviews that found it was poorly managed and criticism from MPs that it had been slow making payment to England's farmers under the EU Single Payment Subsidy scheme. The latest round of problems has apparently left one farmer unable to get the RPA computer to recognise a claim because he milks sheep, and not cows.
The Beauty of Strategic Vision
25 NOV 2010 | Posted in business strategy, innovation | Author Peter Bird |
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Tonight, 25th November 2010, the BBC starts a short series on the beauty of diagrams presented by Marcus du Sautoy OBE, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Oxford.
It was great to see many familiar faces or put faces to many familiar names at the Agile Awards and Dinner organised and sponsored by Connections Agile Services and in aid of Macmillan Cancer Support and the Shikamana School for Orphans in Kenya.
The Guardian opens API access
10 MAR 2009 | Posted in agile project management, Guardian, incremental delivery, open source | Author Peter BirdThe Guardian continues to demonstrate that openness and innovation are its strong suits; and if you happen to be The Guardian and the content that you can provide open access to includes 10 years of broadsheet quality journalism from guardian.co.uk then people take notice.
MY RECENT BLOG POSTS
Scaling Agile isn't just about concern with managing bigger teams. It's also about longer term governance and management of the broader programme.