Digital by Default

Tag: agile

  • Weeknotes S3e08

    Still in firefighter mode this week a lot of the time but really started to feel like I was making some impact across the board — was hard work but really felt worthwhile. Also found myself using ‘we’ when talking about Defra which is a pretty big moment. I think part of the positive feeling was I…

  • Assessment evolution

    Over the last few weeks there have been a few blogposts about new approaches to the Digital by Default Service Assessments. Not to mention the approach our Aussie colleagues are taking. I’ve been following this all with real interest — I’ve written before about my feelings about Service Assessments and what I have perceived as some of…

  • Weeknotes S3e03

    Starting to get a bit of a handle on things this week. Contributed to a couple of meetings, closed a couple of Trello cards, initiated a couple of conversations on email and just generally started to feel more of a part of things rather than a visitor (as you’d expect I guess on week three).…

  • Weeknotes S3e02

    Monday [London] Had my first official visit to Defra HQ — Noble House in London and met the team face to face for the first time. Starting to feel like a part of something and Noble House is an interesting place — it is a bit like the TARDIS with a seemingly small facade that opens up into a…

  • Small teams, loosely joined

    One thing that is guaranteed to send a shiver of dread down my spine is anytime the conversation turns to ‘scaling agile’. It is a difficult moment as on the one hand it usually means that the early experiments with working agile have had some success and it is finding believers where previously there were…