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Michael Spragg

If you work in IT within a business, you are the business…

With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority that if you type “Google” into Google, you can break the…

3 min readMar 26, 2022

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The Importance of Continuous Planning in Software Development

Plans are important and should be done on a continuous basis

5 min readDec 29, 2021

The Importance of Continuous Planning in Software Development

Michael Spragg

A manifesto for making stuff with software

Making stuff with software is at the heart of so much change and opportunity in all walks of life. It is a complex process, and doing it…

3 min readJun 3, 2021

A manifesto for making stuff with software

Michael Spragg

Improving Software Product Development using Lean

Software product development is a seemingly simple process with loads of inherent complexity. Applying Lean practices can help things flow.

3 min readMar 30, 2021

Improving Software Product Development using Lean

Michael Spragg

What Matt Damon taught me about product development

We’ve got a lot to get done and we’ve got to hit the date. We’ve really got to nail down the scope as a lot of people are expecting their…

4 min readSep 26, 2020

What Matt Damon taught me about product development

Michael Spragg

How to eliminate risk on paper in 3 easy steps

Jokes… you can’t.

2 min readFeb 21, 2020

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Michael Spragg

Agile is dead, right?

I’ve seen a few posts recently saying “Agile is dead”… they’re generally clickbait but irritate me. I’m far too pragmatic to be a dogmatic…

1 min readAug 1, 2019

Michael Spragg

Escaping the edge of chaos

I’ll admit it — I spent the first 3 months of this year in a bit of a haze. A couple of reasons — firstly, the arrival of my twin boys…

3 min readOct 16, 2017

Michael Spragg

Think documentation an overhead? Think again…

Recently I’ve been working with a team who were under a lot of pressure to deliver, and one of the options they identified was to drop the…

2 min readJul 5, 2017

Michael Spragg

Integrity in the workplace

Integrity has no need of rules

1 min readDec 26, 2016

If you work in IT within a business, you are the business…

With all due respect John, I am the head of IT and I have it on good authority that if you type “Google” into Google, you can break the…

The Importance of Continuous Planning in Software Development

Plans are important and should be done on a continuous basis

A manifesto for making stuff with software

Making stuff with software is at the heart of so much change and opportunity in all walks of life. It is a complex process, and doing it…

Improving Software Product Development using Lean

Software product development is a seemingly simple process with loads of inherent complexity. Applying Lean practices can help things flow.

What Matt Damon taught me about product development

We’ve got a lot to get done and we’ve got to hit the date. We’ve really got to nail down the scope as a lot of people are expecting their…

How to eliminate risk on paper in 3 easy steps

Jokes… you can’t.

Agile is dead, right?

I’ve seen a few posts recently saying “Agile is dead”… they’re generally clickbait but irritate me. I’m far too pragmatic to be a dogmatic…

Escaping the edge of chaos

I’ll admit it — I spent the first 3 months of this year in a bit of a haze. A couple of reasons — firstly, the arrival of my twin boys…

Think documentation an overhead? Think again…

Recently I’ve been working with a team who were under a lot ​of pressure to deliver, and one of the options they identified was to drop the…

Integrity in the workplace

Integrity has no need of rules

Michael Spragg

Recently I’ve been working with a team who were under a lot of pressure to deliver, and one of the options they identified was to drop the…