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Why Pair Programme?

As with all things ‘agile’, it’s a mindset. Pair programming is achieved with two developers programming on one workstation, solving one…

Oct 26, 2023

Why Pair Programme?

Oct 26, 2023

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River Island, Tech Connect ’23 : How to job.

I spoke at River Island’s Tech Connect this week about ways of working. What I said will still be relevant next year so it’s worth writing…

Oct 20, 2023

River Island, Tech Connect ’23 : How to job.

Oct 20, 2023

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Building a team and culture to manage the transition to a modern commerce architecture

I spoke on a panel at the Internet Retailing Expo at Excel today, and thought I’d document the chat. I’ve been on a few stages in my time…

Oct 21, 2022

Building a team and culture to manage the transition to a modern commerce architecture

Oct 21, 2022

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How good engineers become great

Being a great engineer isn’t the point of life. I believe the point of human life is to enjoy it, and to do so while not impeding on the…

Sep 14, 2022

How good engineers become great

Sep 14, 2022

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How to handle Technical debt? pt2

In part 1 I suggested that the umbrella term ‘technical drag’ be broken down, to better reflect where it came from, and therefore how it…

Jul 25, 2022

How to handle Technical debt? pt2

Jul 25, 2022

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How to code better

We all aspire to code better. If you don’t aspire to code better then you’re not a coder which — if you’re not paid to code — is fine, but…

Jun 24, 2022

How to code better

Jun 24, 2022

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Stop hiring leaders. Start growing them.

We’ve been hiring at River Island (we’re always hiring in River Island) my department’s been hiring ‘tech leads’ to be precise. We forgive…

Jun 10, 2022

Stop hiring leaders. Start growing them.

Jun 10, 2022

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How can you innovate to attract top IT talent in order to accelerate your business capabilities…

Let’s see if 20+ years of doing this nonsense allows me to break that wordy title down into something worth reading. What one needs to do…

May 24, 2022

How can you innovate to attract top IT talent in order to accelerate your business capabilities…

May 24, 2022

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River Island Tech

Performance Reviews

Don’t despair. We’ll get through this. Drag it back to basics: if this was your company you’d want the people working in it to be the best…

Jan 12, 2022

Performance Reviews

Jan 12, 2022

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Estimation

Several years ago River Island attempted to and largely did succeed in sailing towards an agile minded paradise. We got quite far, and…

Dec 7, 2021

Estimation

Dec 7, 2021

Chris Poel

Chris Poel

After a life of startups, and then financial services (to prove he could play ‘grown-ups’), Chris is now Head of Development at River Island

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