Andreas EnglandWhat’s so bad about early solutions?I’m sure we’ve all witnessed the act of self censorship where a team member caveats their statement by saying; ‘forgive me for early…May 25, 2021May 25, 2021
Andreas EnglandFalling through the cracks of anticipated user behaviour.I suppose it’s the job of anyone involved in user experience design to wax lyrical about good and poor experiences, so here’s mine.May 18, 2021May 18, 2021
Andreas EnglandUsing Cynefin in agile digital projectsI first came across the Cynefin framework at my previous company, around 5 years ago. I loved its ability to reduce risk in projects, but…May 11, 2021May 11, 2021
Andreas EnglandFeedback on my 30th InceptionI’ve just completed a short Inception for Ofgem, the Uk’s non-ministerial office that protects consumers in the energy sector, and more…May 10, 2021May 10, 2021
Andreas EnglandI’ve mapped the Gov.uk service manual teams/phasesI’ve found that I can understand a process far quicker, and make better decisions when I map them. To this end I’ve taken all the Gov.uk…Apr 30, 2021Apr 30, 2021
Andreas EnglandUsing Mckinseys 3 horizons of growth as a lean roadmapI initially used the 3 horizons strategy when helping clients define priority for business objectives. I’ve since used the same model to…Apr 29, 2021Apr 29, 2021
Andreas EnglandThoughts on my 30th Project InceptionI’ve been spinning up agile projects using Thoughtworks ‘quick start’ methodology (now called Inception) since 2014. I like to think that…Apr 28, 2021Apr 28, 2021
Andreas EnglandA Product managers job is to police the backlog flowA backlog being the repository of ‘stuff’ that needs to be done/built on a project can suffer from being a dumping ground for any half…Apr 27, 2021Apr 27, 2021
Andreas EnglandInception (Project startup) secret sauceIn my previous company I was tasked with writing (yet another) playbook that would prescriptively describe how we would magically…Apr 23, 2021Apr 23, 2021