Blair Renwick

Husband, dad to three girls, digitising Defence - views my own

[The ACC @TheACCnz]

The greatest crowd catch in history! https://t.co/igq4gCDgU9

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Agility is an organizational characteristic. It's not a process. It's not something you can do in the Engineering department.

[Ursula von der Leyen @vonderleyen]

The world needs right now a clear signal that democracies – like ours – deliver for people.

This is why the EU is working to strengthen its partnerships with like-minded partners.

And dear @JacindaArdern, New Zealand is a close like-minded partner for us.

[Mattia Nelles @mattia_n]

What a picture…

[The ACC @TheACCnz]

Son of a Mitch was out there last night dropping balls in lady’s cups! https://t.co/MFhoIa1JDH

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Not a suggestion, it's (Gall's) Law:

“A complex system that works is invariably found to have evolved from a simple system that worked. …A complex system designed from scratch never works & cannot be made to work. You have to start over, beginning with a working simple system.”

[Rosie Holt @RosieisaHolt]

MP excuses latest No.10 photo “he didn’t realise it was a party”

[Hilary Parker @hspter]

If there's one thing I've learned in the business world, it's that spending your energy as a non-exec employee -- trying to "influence without authority" and change things from the inside -- is a fools errand that will grind you into dust. Get out!!

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

One of the problems with incorrectly thinking of TDD as a testing strategy (it isn’t) is that it opens the door to "We don’t have time for that." The fact is, you don’t have time _not_ to do that. TDD speeds you up considerably, IME.

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Your dev process and your code and your organizational structure are all a single system. Change any of those parts, and the rest must change as well to compensate. Not understanding that is probably the single biggest obstacle to introducing agility into an org.

[Nick Brown  @NBrown02]

A new piece from myself and @eleanor_tavener on the concept of a "committed outcome" and Cynefin

https://t.co/lJF5p2G0sY

#waysofworking #cynefin #agile #agility #wow

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

You can minimize risk, but not eliminate it. When someone requires a hard "estimate," they are moving 100% of the risk onto your shoulders. It’s reasonable that they don’t want to carry it all themselves, but moving it to you is not okay. Share the risk instead.

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

A periodic reminder that "technical debt" has nothing to do with bugs. Bugs are code that doesn’t behave the way you expect, as compared to tech debt, where the code behaves exactly as you expect, but your expectations are incorrect.

https://t.co/8q2r7efL42

[Allen Holub. https://linkedIn.com/in/allenholub @allenholub]

Do not "start an Agile journey" with a process or framework. Start by identifying and isolating a critical business problem, then apply Agile and Lean thinking to come up with a focused solution. That might involve a process change. It might not.

[Jonathan Smart @jonsmart]

Improving ways of working, leading to better outcomes, is 80% culture, 20% process.

A good culture will improve a poor process, but a good process cannot improve a poor culture

Treating agility as a method, leaving behavioural norms unchanged, will not maximise outcomes

#BVSSH

[Blair Renwick @RenwickBlair]

@johncutlefish TDD, timesheet driven development…

[Blair Renwick @RenwickBlair]

@qrsupport my support request #3881863 is showing as ‘solved’ but I’ve received no response. Can you help?

[Blair Renwick @RenwickBlair]

On the road for some sun and surf #roadtrippin @ Desert Road Summit SH1, 1074m https://t.co/kQiB7Ooq2a

[Blair Renwick @RenwickBlair]

Pretty sure I spotted #Starlink in the Wellington night sky at approx 2120. Looked like a stream of fast moving stars across a clear #Nightsky

[Blair Renwick @RenwickBlair]

@TMLewin Thanks for the response, my order no is: 47790001

[Blair Renwick @RenwickBlair]

@TMLewin are you fulfilling orders, or just taking payment? I spent a couple of hundred quid with you a few months ago and my order isn't processed. What the hell is going on...?