The silos are out to get us! Over 80% of digital transformations have or are failing. There is a common reason for these failures which is that they fail to change the organisation structure to properly empower and support multi-disciplinary … Read More
What makes an ideal scrum team?
As Talent Acquisition for Fimatix, I see a lot of CVs that highlight the experience of the individual, but not the softer, competency-based skills. This is the stuff that makes candidates stand out – things that are difficult to show on a … Read More
The Agile Digital Services training course (AgileDS™)
The UK government has been making incredible progress with creating services that are digital by default, accessible and meet the needs of citizens. It’s now been recognised as a world leader in digital, topping the UN E-Government Survey index in … Read More
The difference between urgent and important tasks
How many times have you received an URGENT email that requires you to complete a task before the end of the day? How many times have you spent significantly longer than expected trying to chase a response, only to have … Read More
What impact is the digital skills gap having on your business?
Currently, there’s uncertainty about the future of the UK workforce. With Brexit on the horizon, concerns about the widening skills gap are becoming more pressing. Many industries have issues with skill gaps, but the gap in digital is profound. Our … Read More
Delivery increments and the Procrustean time box
Iteration-based delivery processes like Scrum usually deliver in two-week batches, but often our stories don’t fit this structure and we solve this by arbitrarily cutting up stories or stretching them across multiple iterations. As Scrum is probably the best known … Read More
Creating user-tested designs: a whistle stop tour
At Fimatix, we help our clients deliver while constantly learning, adapting and having fun. From digitising public services on large government projects to making sure our clients are meeting the Digital Service Standard, user needs are taken into account from … Read More
Creating user-tested designs, properly
One thing government IT projects do well (compared to the private sector) is focus on user research. User research is an essential part of Fimatix projects and is led by user needs – letting the product develop into its rightful … Read More
Why coding should be mandatory in schools
2018 is an important year. It marks the centenary of women (some, not all) having the right to vote. And it’s also the Year of Engineering – a government campaign recognising the importance of engineering across the UK to inspire and … Read More
Key issues in tech ethics
There’s definitely something about attending meetings at the Houses of Parliament. The corridors of power oozing history, the sense of events happening around you and the hint of a promise of a smidge of influence. So having the opportunity to … Read More
Getting started with agile teams at scale: tip 1
1. One single backlog Just to be clear from the outset, this blog is about when you’re dealing with more than one Scrum team. Let’s assume you’ve decided what product you are going to deliver (in an agile way), you … Read More
Agile Women UK
We recently took over the sponsorship and running of Agile Women UK. Agile Women UK is a place for women working in agile environments to share success stories, challenges and opportunities. Sound like something you’d like to be a part of? … Read More