allan's blog - Agile & Digital Business

No entries for a week – a bit of a gap by my own standards. I’ve been on holiday (vacation to US-English speakers). Went down to Switzerla...

Last night I ran an organizational mapping exercise at the Extreme Tuesday Club . What, you may ask is that? Well, I learnt the technique fr...

So I’ve started using a bug tracking system. Yet hate bug tracking systems - I believe they are wrong, rather than help fix bugs they help h...

They may not tell their managers, supervisors or leaders but they will talk about it with others in the pub, the coffee shop, or at the wate...

Two things you should know before I get into the meat of this Blog. First, I have a lot of time for the writings of John Seely Brown . If ...

I read in the Financial Times yesterday that Warwick University are revamping their MBA course to increase the element of soft skills. (As ...

I’m from software development, when I was an undergraduate I used to love the fantasies my lecturers used to tell me about Formal Methods. I...

Have you ever read a specification document? I did today and I was reminded why I don’t like them. They are boring. Even when they are t...

I read in yesterday’s Financial Times (21 May 2005, London edition) that convenience grocery stores are growing their sales faster than ov...

Maybe it’s odd that I’m writing a second Blog entry in one day - I’ve just finished the first! - but I have something else to say. I’m ...