This has become a bit of a hot topic for me recently ..... it's an interesting question. We don't typically ask, how much time should a developer be a
developer? Or a manager a manager?
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Place for me to chat about two of my passions - technology and cycling. They don't often combine or collide - but perhaps one day.
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My tech blog will cover a wide range of technology areas - my background is working within a corporate environment driving and leading digital disruption and transformation .. expect lots on this from a leadership and engineering perspective.
Tech BlogI'm an enthusiastic cyclist and have raced at amateur level in most forms. My first love is road, but lots of CX & track too. Blog will be on rides, bikes and fixing then ... all from a personal perspective.
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Is there a role for the project manager in Agile? Is so what is it? Or is the role defunct and everyone should be a Scrum Master?
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"You're simply the best, better than all the rest" ... Tina Turner.
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How is the changing architectural landscape shaping how we should look at data and systems integration? How we shape the connectivity between legacy systems and newer applications and devices, where data can securely flow across the business and boundaries and be reused to speed up development time is becoming more and more prevalent.
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What is tech debt? Why is it important? And should you even care?
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Let's start at the beginning …
"A data lake is usually a single store of all enterprise data including raw copies of source system data
and transformed data used for tasks such as reporting, visualization, analytics and machine learning."
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Who can add users stories?
Who's responsible for ensuring user stories are ready?
When do we work on user stories?
How much time should be spent, and by whom?
How much information is needed in a user story?
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"If all you're interested in is cranking out code to hit release 1 then you probably don't need to think about architecture"
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Fostering an environment of "intentional yet emergent" architecture is not easy!
Is it possible to be BOTH intentional in our design and architecture, while still leaving
space/room for emergent design through the (agile) iterative delivery process?
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