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What would a great onboarding experience look like?
What would a great onboarding experience look like?
When I joined Surevine my onboarding experience was fantastic, but I wanted to see if there was anything more we could do to make it even…
Ian Ames
May 4, 2020
Reflections on MapCamp 2019.
Reflections on MapCamp 2019.
This year I was finally able to attend MapCamp 2019 with ~600 other people at Sadlers Wells Theatre, London. MapCamp is a conference…
Ian Ames
Oct 28, 2019
The 10 things I learnt from remote working
The 10 things I learnt from remote working
This post was originally published on the surevine blog.
Ian Ames
Oct 16, 2019
Story Crowdsourcing game
Story Crowdsourcing game
Emily Webber recently asked if I could run an 8-minute workshop to energise people at the beginning of her regular Agile in the Ether…
Ian Ames
Feb 26, 2019
Essential steps for an effective project kick-off.
Essential steps for an effective project kick-off.
Kick-off’s are a great way of bringing a new team together at the start of a new project or phase of a project. The aim is to allow the…
Ian Ames
Jun 22, 2018
Mountaineering and a minor rant about risk management.
Mountaineering and a minor rant about risk management.
I love hill climbing and mountaineering, ever since I was dragged up Pen-Y-Fan and got mild hypothermia in the scouts at about the age of…
Ian Ames
Feb 23, 2018
Improving ‘Find’ for the Find Property Information Service.
Improving ‘Find’ for the Find Property Information Service.
Find Property Information is a GOV.UK service being developed by HM Land Registry which aims to provide a simple summary of property…
Ian Ames
Jan 31, 2018
How our digital team works .
How our digital team works .
I’m the Delivery Team Lead for a small multi-disciplinary team in government. We are developing the service in an agile way following the…
Ian Ames
Oct 5, 2017
5 reasons open plan offices suck for agile teams.
5 reasons open plan offices suck for agile teams.
I recently gave a presentation at the inaugural Tech Exeter conference called Practical agile: Lessons learned the hard way on our journey…
Ian Ames
Oct 12, 2016
Are sprints sustainable?
Are sprints sustainable?
I’m the scrum master for a small team developing a new service for a government agency. The team has been working in an agile way for 21…
Ian Ames
Sep 15, 2016
User Research is the most frustrating thing ever…
User Research is the most frustrating thing ever…
I’m the scrum master for a small team developing a new service for a government agency. The team has been working in an agile way for 20…
Ian Ames
Aug 16, 2016
The evolving visualisation of workflow in our team
The evolving visualisation of workflow in our team
I’m the scrum master for a small team developing a new service for a government agency. The team has been working in an agile way for 17…
Ian Ames
May 12, 2016
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