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Drew Watson

@ITPM_Blog

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IT Project Management blog. Thoughts and opinions are personal.

Cleveland, UK
Joined May 2017
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Drew Watson
6 years
@simonclarke84 I hope our local MP will support the petition against this madness. UK businesses need the ability to flex, contractors are vital to a stable economy.
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Drew Watson
7 years
First accelerator day with the @coachingacademy today in sunny Crewe. Nice bit of weekend learning. #coaching
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Drew Watson
7 years
And just had a text from the @ee repair centre saying the phone is being returned to me. Unfixed of course. Looking forward to shooting a Youtube video showing the defect to expose their utter incompetence. If Engineers in my team behaved this way they'd be looking for work.
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Drew Watson
7 years
Having the most frustrating time with @EE. They have my phone for repair (no cable remains seated in the device) and in 2 days they can't find a fault. 2 calls now where they've tried to tell me that their 'trained' testers can't replicate an issue though my 8 year old managed.
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Sponge Bob Test Pants
7 years
In order to be a great modern tester having great testing skills is just the foundation, we need to be focused on delivering a great product. This requires product management, uiux, technical and data science knowledge.
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Drew Watson
7 years
Day 1 complete of the rightly lauded @coachingacademy 2 day #coaching introduction in Leeds with @Agile_Bert. We've had the privilege of 3 top class coaches so far (including @AnnSkidmore ) Can hardly believe that this intro course is free! #lovelearning
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Drew Watson
7 years
Hi @AgileYorkshire is there an event tomorrow? @RoydBrayshay
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Martin Fowler
7 years
Copies of the 2nd edition of Refactoring have been printed and are on their way to Pearson's warehouse. We hope to open up orders next week. https://t.co/2faAwOThqd
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Drew Watson
7 years
Excellent talk by @harper_360 at @AgileYorkshire tonight. Made me miss Aviva just a little bit.
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Drew Watson
7 years
Monthly trip to @AgileYorkshire and a great talk on #liberatingstructures by @pixlz
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Drew Watson
7 years
Painful moment yesterday: Asked a Business owner to go through the project scope with me. The reply? 'How can we talk about scope (of requirements) when the solution isn't decided?' I feel the need to run some training. #cartbeforethehorse
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Drew Watson
7 years
Wish I was as #agile as my girls. They can bounce from school, to homework, to gymnastics and then straight into kickboxing without missing a beat, and still talk non-stop all the way home. It's all about the work ethic today. #trainhardfighteasy
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Olly Walker
7 years
Full job spec available give me a call! 0113 3239749
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Drew Watson
7 years
High energy session on Friday from @Agile_Bert on the #agileprinciples. Wondered how a sometimes cynical team would react to going back to basics and was pleased at the positive and engaged response. Always worth going back to the fundamentals and having some discussion.
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Drew Watson
7 years
Am I the only person who dislikes subscription services as a business model? It feels intrinsically dishonest to run a model that benefits heavy users at the expense of those that pay but don't use it. But it means easy-to-forecast revenues and free income. 🤨
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Drew Watson
7 years
Excellent news and well deserved!
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Crispin Read
7 years
@ITPM_Blog @AgileYorkshire oh yes > https://t.co/368lNspvKo I'll sort out a redirect thanks for letting me know :)
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Drew Watson
7 years
Having fun getting to know @AzureDevOps from a PM perspective. Looks great, but a part of me doesn't want to give up the old tfs implementation it's replacing..
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Drew Watson
7 years
Get out of your comfort zone, smash the echo chamber. https://t.co/iTjVjPlOjB #continuousimprovement #comfortzone #agile #learning
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