I help people do things
Hi, I’m Ed and I started Project’s Little Helper to explore ideas about innovation, change and teamwork in the context of projects. I am based in Melbourne, Australia, and am a co-organizer of the Melbourne Agile and Scrum Meetup Group. I am also co-organizer of LAST Conference.
I was previously based in Oxford, UK and was the founder of the Agile Oxford group.
I’m inspired by thinking such as Getting Real by 37Signals, lean manufacturing as made famous by Toyota, agile approaches to software development and collaborative working environments such as those at Ideo.
I believe that creative thinking, innovation and insight need not be limited to a few ‘special’ organisations; those qualities can and should be nurtured no matter where you are. It’s not always easy to do this, so let’s discuss ideas, techniques and tools that can help you, if you are interested in this as well.
One thing I’m not inspired by is those motivational posters that say things like “Determination”, underneath some stock photography of some penguins huddling together for warmth!
As a Certified Scrum exponent, I enjoy helping individuals and teams with agile planning, user story gathering, project initiation facilitation, retrospective facilitation etc. There are aspects of this agile software development approach that can be applied to situations outside of that field, as well.
Being professional, getting things done and having fun while doing it aren’t mutually exclusive. So, in that spirit, I’d like to help you become your own project’s “little helper” too.
