Chris Micklethwaite
Founder, Principal
A specialist in digital strategy, technology delivery and organizational change, with a career leading digital teams and technology programmes, working for and with commercial, customer-centric and innovative businesses from FTSE50 to startups. He has a track record of technology strategy, delivery and organization change, and an intimate and practical experience of the digital product development and delivery lifecycle. Chris has helped countless organisations to adopt digital and drive value for customers and business.
Recent posts by Chris
What’s important?
Chris Micklethwaite
To me, two things- Quality output: Take satisfaction in producing or doing something of value that others will appreciate, use, and benefit from. Trusted delivery: Do what you say you’re going t...
Agile and evolution are synonymous
Chris Micklethwaite
There are many discussion trends about the importance of formal methods and processes for software development. Whether it’s agile, lean, Kanban – there’s no doubt that process is cr...
Absolute Musts
Chris Micklethwaite
Often, in meetings, I hear ‘Absolute Musts’ declared, stated or relayed; dates when something MUST be delivered, MUST be complete, or a feature that MUST be in a release. Unchallenged, Abs...
Steve Jobs, plywood and sleeping well
Chris Micklethwaite
I was saddened when I heard the news of Steve Jobs’ death. He, with the design team as Apple, has not only developed innovative and beautiful products, but has created and shaped completely new ...
Artful engineering
Chris Micklethwaite
In the 80’s and 90’s software development was viewed as 80% engineering and 20% design. This has changed, and someone recently described it to me as ‘artful engineering’, which...
Talent and vendors
Chris Micklethwaite
Seth Godin’s post on Talent and vendors is so true when you are procuring bespoke software… in fact so much so you can replace his use of the word ‘Artist’ with ‘Develope...
The solution is not the project
Chris Micklethwaite
To be successful with agile, the team need to think of the software product (the solution) as seperate from its delivery vehicle (the project). In all projects there are activities that support the de...
Creativity and process
Chris Micklethwaite
The Agile Manifesto recognises that software development is a creative endeavour. One of its core values is a preference for “individuals and interactions over processes and tools”, which ...
Be prepared to change
Chris Micklethwaite
Even when a project’s price and scope is fixed, getting user feedback on working features as early as possible in the development process helps the team to deliver the right solution. It is one ...
The real cost of fixing price
Chris Micklethwaite
We operate in an economic, wealth-maximising world, and cost is an important factor when a company is looking to purchase an IT solution. A buyer will probably want to know what they are going to get,...