Welcome. I’m Shaun, a delivery lead and programme manager. I help software teams turn complex delivery into steady flow, and I write about what actually works: delivery leadership, flow, modern engineering practice, and putting AI to work across the software lifecycle.
If you lead delivery, run programmes, or care about how good software really gets shipped, you’re in the right place. Here’s the quickest way in.
New here? Read these three first
- Embrace Servant Leadership as a Delivery Lead. How the best delivery leads lead without doing the work.
- Why Focusing on Failure Matters. What anticipating failure teaches us about building reliable software.
- Platform Engineering: Benefits, Missteps, and the Path to Effective Implementation. Empowering developers with the right abstractions, not just defaults.
What I write about
Everything here maps to four themes.
AI in the SDLC. How AI is changing delivery, from a practitioner’s seat. What I actually automate, what I steer, and what I leave well alone. New writing landing here first.
Delivery leadership and flow. Turning messy, multi-supplier delivery into predictable flow. Agile and lean in practice, cadence, and forecasting.
- Embracing an Agile Mindset as a Delivery Lead
- Embracing Continuous Improvement as a Delivery Lead
- What is Kanban?
- Types of Agile Methodology: A Guide to Selecting the Right Framework
- Set CLEAR goals with your agile team rather than SMART ones
Modern engineering practice. Continuous delivery, platform engineering, fast feedback, and how teams own what they build.
- Why Focusing on Failure Matters
- Platform Engineering: Benefits, Missteps, and the Path to Effective Implementation
The craft of leading teams. Servant leadership, ways of working, trust, and getting the best from the people who build.
- Embrace Servant Leadership as a Delivery Lead
- Unlock Your Team’s Potential with an Agile Coach
- Do You Have the Personality to Be a Great Project Manager?
Who I am, in one line
25+ years shipping software for blue-chip enterprises, most recently four years at Equal Experts, three embedded as Delivery Lead at the John Lewis Partnership. More on the About page.
Stay in touch
- Say hello on LinkedIn.