Notes from the field.
Practical pieces on delivery management, engineering operations, AI agents, and the messy work of shipping software. Opinionated, specific, no thought-leadership filler.
- May 11, 2026 · 6 min read
Status reports are theatre. Here's what to ship instead.
Weekly green/yellow/red status reports look responsible and tell you almost nothing. Here's the delivery rhythm that surfaces risk before it costs you a sprint.
- Delivery Management
- Program Management
- Operations
- May 8, 2026 · 7 min read
Five risks every multi-team program ships with — and how to surface them in week one
Programs spanning multiple teams or vendors fail in predictable ways. Find each one before week three, not after week thirteen.
- Delivery Management
- Risk
- Multi-team Programs
- May 5, 2026 · 6 min read
The handoff problem — when an agency leaves a hole, not a system
Most agency engagements end with a documentation drop and a thank-you note. Here's what a real handoff looks like — and what to demand in the contract before signing.
- Delivery Management
- Agency Operations
- Contracts
- May 2, 2026 · 5 min read
Sprint cadence vs delivery cadence — why they're not the same
Engineering thinks in two-week sprints. The business thinks in quarterly milestones. Mistaking one for the other quietly kills programs.
- Delivery Management
- Scrum
- Product Operations
- April 29, 2026 · 6 min read
How to escalate a blocker — and why your team isn't
Teams under-escalate because the culture punishes it. Here's a framework that makes escalation routine instead of dramatic.
- Delivery Management
- Team Culture
- Operations
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