Technical rehearsal
April 19, 2016 8:29 am Leave your thoughtsTechnology just works doesn’t it? You switch it on, the lights shine, it whirrs into life, and … bingo. All is good. And that happens every, single, time. You take... Read more
Author Archives for Nick Shepheard
On workload
April 18, 2016 5:25 pm Leave your thoughtsThere’s only so much you can do. It’s maths. With so many hours, minus the time spend on non-productive things like being a human, it’s impossible to do more than... Read more
Call it
April 17, 2016 8:14 am Leave your thoughtsEvery project has problems and every team mangles itself in the wringer every now and again. It’s the natural order of doing difficult things that break new ground. Short hand:... Read more
When you ask
April 16, 2016 8:17 am Leave your thoughtsBig companies tend to play by their own rules. Not in a big bad wolf way, necessarily, but in a “we do things the way we do things” way. Except... Read more
Getting second guess-y
April 15, 2016 8:15 am Leave your thoughtsBefore any team hits its straps it goes through a miserable phase when more than a little feels wrong. It’s not that anyone’s doing a bad job or isn’t pulling... Read more