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Hello,  Well, this is a tricky blog post to write, but let's cut straight to it. After May 31st 2011, I will no longer be at EMC Consulting. I've decided that after 18 years of working, and 12 years at EMC Consulting (Conchango and OS Integration) that it's time for a bit of a rest! This company, its people and clients, have been a ...

About us   We started life in 1991 as Conchango and in 2008 we were acquired by EMC and now make up part of the EMC Consulting practice. We have built an impressive list of blue chips clients including Tesco, Virgin Atlantic, B&Q, Barclaycard, Next, River Island, T-Mobile and Virgin Media to name a few.   We provide our clients ...

I realized that I haven't been on here since 2010 with a post about how times have changed within Retail where it used to be a big NO having cameras in your store http://tinyurl.com/Madman2010 Since then, I have blogged elsewhere, written papers, produced music and other good stuff... So 2011, and a return to where it all started with my ...

It’s always been possible to descope work in the Scrum for Team System template. But the method employed in Version 2.2 whilst functional, was quite fiddly, overly manual and not very “Scrummy”. When building 3.0 we took the opportunity to revamp the way in which it worked and better utilise the power of the Event Service (something you can see ...

Living away from home makes you miss friends, family… and, perhaps oddly, the place. VR Web Design offer a service which gives a Virtual Tour of London and other cities which is very innovative and cool. Note: the spheres are areas of focus / interest which can be clicked on to shift the focus to another part of the city.   This was ...

I'll be at Agile 2009 next week where I'm presenting two papers: On Monday the 24th of August at 4pm it's "Why (so many) Testers  (still) hate Agile" - which I'm co-presenting with friend, colleague and career tester Malcolm Beaton. On Wednesday the 26th of August at 2pm it's "The Prisoner's Dilemma: Applying Game Theory to ...

The new bug model in Scrum for Team System 3.0 might look obvious at first, but it's taken a long while getting to where it is. Before I start delving into how the new bug model works, it's worth taking some time to describe what came before it. Almost by coincidence, each of the three major versions of Scrum for Team System have had a different ...

What's so fantastic about The Fantastic Tavern then? Maybe it's the Tavern - the last event saw us at The Roebuck - a fine old London hostelry . Or maybe its the ale - certainly plenty was consumed by some of the guests! Thanks to EMC Consulting once again for sponsoring the event and to Michelle Flynn for organising.   No, for me its the ...

Tomorrow night EMC Conchango will be exhibiting at the UK User Professionals' Association careers event. Date: Thursday 25th June 2009Time: 6.30 for 7pm.Location: LBi, Truman Brewery, 146 Brick Lane, London, E1 6RUThe LBi Office is just north of the Truman Brewery overhead bridge - on the right just before the Vibe Bar (which is on your ...

Following the success of the 1st and 2nd Fantastic Taverns, we are back for the 3rd time.   Date:     Thursday 9th July Time:     6:30 onwards Venue: The Roebuck, 50 Great Dover Street SE1 4YG   It’s no longer the case that digital experience is an adjunct to marketing, sales or brand experience ...