“Software projects always run over time and over budget. And scope always changes. And you never can trust those consultants - they’re always out to get you.”
If you’ve never had a software project go according to plan, it might be worth looking at the common factor in that equation. Maybe it’s a good time to learn how to deal with the software industry.
In this talk we’ll examine how to get you what you need without losing your shirt.
My name is Andrew Harcourt.
I do Head of Technology/Engineering, Consultant CTO and other similarly-shaped work with companies large and small. I specialise in project rescue, governance and development methodologies.
I'm a Principal Consultant at ThoughtWorks, a co-founder at Stack Mechanics, one of the organisers of the DDD Brisbane conference and, in my spare time (ha!), I also run my own photography business, Ivory Digital.
My main areas of interest are domain-driven design, event sourcing, massively-scalable service architectures and large-scale, high-load, geographically-distributed systems.
I'm a regular speaker and presenter at conferences and training events. My mother wrote COBOL on punch cards and I've been coding in one form or another since I was five years old.
I have a number of open-source creations, including Nimbus, ConfigInjector and NotDeadYet, and am an occasional contributor to several more.
Cyclist. Photographer. Ballroom dancer. Motorcyclist. Occasional sailor. Lapsed fencer.