While I prefer to work on longer-term projects, I also offer limited consulting services that can be arranged on a short-term basis.
These focus on providing support and context to individuals and small groups who are struggling with confidence, execution, or even understanding what they are supposed to do. In this way, I provide a short-term boost to confidence and competence and can show the way for teams, managers and organisations alike.
Examples of the type of teams that I’m happy to work with include:
- Front-end teams who are struggling with architectural decisions, automation or drowning in technical debt.
- Backend teams who are well organised and knowledgeable, but are stuck either fighting with themselves or other teams, and can’t see a way forward.
- Infrastructure teams who are finding it hard to automate or don’t have the impetus to make the change.
I have decades of experience working in corporate environments and matrix organisations, and I’m very good at identifying the signal from the noise when it comes to delivering on your promises to your customers.
What You Won’t Get
As a DevOps expert, I love automating things. As a supporter of systems, I also don’t love building things for their own sake. Therefore, we need to decide how much actual work we want teams to do. I will argue for you to consider less “busy” work and more useful work. This might mean cutting down on noise, holding fewer meetings, and building more implicit trust.
As an introvert, I don’t like too many meetings or giving presentations, so this work will typically be delivered without fanfare and without any expectation of results.
I’m not going to say to you, “I will fix your teams in two weeks” because that wouldn’t be something I could guarantee. What you will get is my undivided attention for the duration of the engagement. If you want me to produce a report of recommendations, then I’m happy to do so.
If this sounds interesting, then please get in touch.