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Careful Who You Take Advice From… Our Christmas Gift To You.

By Stuart Corrigan, 2022. I live in the middle of nowhere, literally. It’s five miles to the nearest village, so when I pop to the shop (yes singular) I want to make sure that I maximise my visit and get everything I need. Imagine my delight then when last year an antique shop opened just

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A Theory of Constraints Case Study – Financial Services

The nature of this industry means that occasionally we work with clients to develop a Decisive Competitive Edge on their competition, as such our clients sometimes wish to remain anonymous. Our client – one of the UKs leading Financial Services’ organisations – had a problem. They made a commitment to their stakeholders, and worse –

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Agile Principles in Waterfall Projects (Part Two)

To read the first part of this two-part series, click here. We discussed how many waterfall projects fail to be delivered as promised due to the planning process taking too long. Either the project deliverables are missed, or they are completed in the wrong order. In addition, there is also often no system for making

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Agile Principles in Waterfall Projects (Part One)

Waterfall projects are undertakings that must, by some law or regulation, be delivered in full by a particular date. Legal, Regulatory and Mandatory (or ‘LRM’) projects are like that. They differ from agile or product-based projects in that delivery date and content are known at the project outset, and typically set by an external body.

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