Arif Harbott

Our tried and tested process for managing a high performing distributed development team

How to build globally distributed development teams that outperform co-located teams

Why every technologist should do a tour of duty in government

My current tenure working in government digital, data and technology is coming to an end and I wanted to share my experiences and lessons learned.

Creating a company so great that you’d be happy for your children to work there

We all have our own reasons for building a start-up: fame, fortune, adventure, excitement. Understanding your personal reason and nurturing it is at the heart of creating a company that you’re…

What’s the difference between a product and a project?

Project and product sound similar and the two concepts are often confused with each other. However in practice they are very different and require different skills, governance and mindsets.

Building the most important ingredient in digital transformation

We believe that successful digital…

Why large technology programmes fail and what to do instead

This article unpicks the major causes of large IT delivery failure and presents an alternative delivery model to the popular ‘programme’ construct.

Solving the data spaghetti problem with data principles

Always available, high quality, up-to-date, free-to-access data is the catalyst for government to make radical but necessary changes. It is essential to enabling a new generation of digital platforms and services.

7 principles for transforming technology devices in the workplace

Seven principles to transform the technology devices and tools that users have to support them to do incredible work.