On April 21, 2017, I presented a workshop at Ground Control entitled Teams Are Products Too. Presentation summary: Just like products and services, teams require continuous improvement and refinement with the aim of ‘working better than before’. This workshop covered: Adapting and applying the syntax of user stories within teams to create more effective, more meaningful communication …
On April 20, 2017, I appeared on the Boagworld Podcast along with Paul Boag, Marcus Lillington, Ryan Taylor and Andy Clarke. Listen here: The Northern Invasion
On January 25, 2017, I presented a 3-hour workshop at Deliver Conference entitled Not Everything is a Nail: Choosing the Right Tool for the Job. Presentation summary: Jira and Trello, Agile and Kanban, checklists, Gantt charts, and burndowns… Pomodoro and Inbox Zero, Slack and Basecamp, Moleskine notebooks and Pilot V-system pens… these are just some of …
On January 24, 2017, I co-presented (with Carson Pierce) a workshop at Deliver Sessions (formerly Northern DPM Meetup) entitled New Year, New You. Old Brain. Presentation summary: It’s a New Year and all the mistakes of last year are in the past. Everything is fresh and new and you’re going to do everything perfectly this year. Just …
Deliver Conference is an event for those who strive to lead, inspire and deliver value with their teams. Now in our 4th year, DeliverConf is a new face on an old idea – DPM:UK. We were a conference for digital project managers, by project managers but we realised that job titles don’t matter so much – …
I have been co-organising the monthly Northern DPM Meetup since June, 2015. This group is for anyone involved in managing digital projects, providing people a chance to learn from and get support from others delivering amazing digital products in the north of the UK. A good project manager can help ensure a project is a …
On October 14, 2016, I co-presented (with Katie Buffalo) a workshop at DPM Summit entitled Practical Magic: Finding, Evaluating, and Integrating the Right Tools for the Way You Work. Presentation summary: Jira and Trello, Agile and Kanban, checklists, Gantt charts, and burndowns… Pomodoro and Inbox Zero, Slack and Basecamp, Moleskine notebooks and Pilot V-system pens… these are just …
On August 23, 2016, I co-presented (with Katie Buffalo) a workshop at DPM Summit entitled Practical Magic: Finding, Evaluating, and Integrating the Right Tools. Presentation summary: Jira and Trello, Agile and Kanban, checklists, Gantt charts, and burndowns… Pomodoro and Inbox Zero, Slack and Basecamp, Moleskine notebooks and Pilot V-system pens… these are just some of the software, hardware, …
I have been involved in organising and running the DPM:UK Conference since 2015. The 2016 event was held over two days in January 2016 in Manchester. The two-part workshop, held on 27th January with Peta Kennett-Wilson and Colin Preston, was followed by the conference on 28th at the now-familiar Comedy Store. With a fantastic line up of …
