Author: Russ Lewis

Art can be Agile, but can Programming be Art?

Johnny Depp visits Ralph Steadman in the film For no Good Reason and I learn the artist practices agile whilst changing the world!   Ralph Steadman, the angry cartoonist with the bitingly savage ink...

Gen Y to Lead Agile Transformation in Workplace

Gen Y to Lead Agile Transformation in Workplace

    There’s a quiet revolution going-on right now fueled by people’s expectations of work and productivity. Everyone has a fantastic user experience with their devices and apps at home, and see no reason...

Storm Goes G-Cloud

Storm Goes G-Cloud

Storm Consulting has been accepted onto the G-Cloud framework. Hang out the bunting and wave the flags! We are now officially cleared by the UK Government and can now happily pitch for local authority...

Are you a Luddite?

Are you a Luddite?

I meet quite a lot of people, senior people, who refer to themselves as “computer luddites”. This, despite using email and an electronic diary in much the same way a cook uses a stove, or...

Old Code – Don’t You Just Love It?

Old Code – Don’t You Just Love It?

Yesterday I saw RPG code for the very first time. It was quite a beautiful sight with columns of code neatly lined-up; green characters against a black background. This is code in the literal...

You may be far more agile than you realised

You may be far more agile than you realised

How was your first client meeting of the year? Mine did not go according to plan. We’d arranged the meeting just at the end of last year knowing full-well that it was going to...

What is Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban?

So what is Scrum? Is this an obscure reference to rugby union, or something more profound! And how does it relate to Agile Process Improvement? Scrum is a prescribed set of practices (within the...