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Sunday, October 4, 2009

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On this occasion I found myself stationed on the Welsh Borders, by day managing the Agile development of moneysupermaket.com’s re-designed, award winning, travel site, www.travelsupermarket.com, by night stumbling around, lost in the Welsh hills and vales, with a only a Mars Bar and camera for company.

Read the gripping story of how the team succeeded and won their agile spurs in the case study here and view some snaps of the North Wales countryside below.

What moneysupermarket.com said ...

“Richard significantly helped us transform our way of working and took a real pragmatic and professional approach, I was impressed by his commitment and ability to quickly identify what needed to be done in order to deliver. I look forward to working with ND8 in the future”

Graham Donoghue, Managing Director Insure, Travel and Home Services

"Richard is a highly proficient and engaging Agile practitioner. During his time at Moneysupermarket.com he successfully embedded Agile practices while at the same time delivering a troubled project within tight deadlines. He takes time to understand the needs and concerns of the team, constructively challenges accepted practices, and ensures commitment from all parties. He quickly gained the trust and respect of the commercial and IT teams. What's more he's a genuine team player and a pleasure to work with."

Steven Briggs, Delivery Manager

“Richard is an Agile practitioner and coach of great skill. His expertise is underpinned by a deep understanding of many software development methods and practices - experience that I saw him bring to bear on a daily basis during his engagement at Moneysupermarket.com. During his time with us he steered a business critical Agile software project to a successful outcome, and in the process brought our software development team on in leaps and bounds in their adoption of Agile practices. He also did great work with our Business Analysis community, coaching and mentoring them as they got to grips with new ways of working. I look forward to the opportunity to work with Richard again in the future”.

Matt Stephenson, Head of Business Engagement

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