Ignite 100 graduate start-up, funded by Northstar and IP Group. Changing the way people do projects.

Newcastle, UK
Joined February 2011
When the Prime Minister announces Her Majesty’s Most Loyal Opposition is a threat to national security, it’s time to suspend Godwin’s Law.
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A new Usable Dashboard for Pivotal Tracker and BaseCamp is coming. Signup at dashboard.usablehq.com
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Good news for NE events. @ignite100 is launching a fund which will help pay for speaker train fares, hotels & pizzas betarocket.co.uk/2013/07/02/…
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Going for a run could help your projects. Scientific American buff.ly/176oZVj
Looking at queueing theory to learn how "20% time" can improve productivity by avoiding 100% utilisation. buff.ly/11VTJTq
Backbone.js is an integral part of the Usable Requirements app; learn some advanced JS looking at the source. buff.ly/11QRssB
Manage your project's requirements, costs and risk in a usable browser-based app - usablehq.com #websitehour
Kris Gale (@kgale) of Yammer on complexity cost - complex features cost a great deal more than you might think. buff.ly/11Pt3np
We've been using @buffer for a little while here at UsableHQ. It's really very usable. We love it. :)
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buff.ly/141hBI4 The Chaos Report (2010). Good: Success has doubled since 1994. Bad: Under 1/3 of projects succeed. Let's fix that.
A failure to communicate project requirements... :) RT @Blooie: A great example of why it pays to listen carefully! buff.ly/16Hztu5
An amusing take on what job adverts mean. Is the project manager really a common enemy for design and dev? :) buff.ly/14JosZh
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Usable HQ retweeted
"Weeks of programming can save you hours of planning." - Anon
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9 great UX guidelines we follow at UsableHQ. buff.ly/11K1JGY
Ineffective communication drives more than half of project risk. @mkrigsman on listening carefully: buff.ly/16EOGfl
Working smarter and saying "No" to things is the key to project success (and project manager happiness). buff.ly/UaK38m
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The essential qualities of a project leader. Awareness of the project state is critical. buff.ly/17hy80Q
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We have a huge amount of respect for Elon Musk here at UsableHQ. His projects are _very_ successful. buff.ly/T4eJ64
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Our big question is "How do we ensure project success?" What's yours? buff.ly/16n1B5z
Avoiding project failure is one side of project management. Repeatable success is equally important. buff.ly/11envHt