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Perspective from the work itself

Practical thinking drawn from live engagements — on testing, delivery, and the vendor relationships that make or break a programme.

Test Requirements
Testing & Quality

Test Requirements

Why shifting testing left starts with the requirement itself — and the four characteristics every good requirement needs to be unambiguous, testable, logical, and solution-free.

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Knowledge Transfer
Vendor & Transition

Knowledge Transfer

Why knowledge transfer makes or breaks an engagement before it begins, and a simple risk-index approach to scoring the gaps in your own knowledge estate before a handover.

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The three pillars of acceptance A diagram showing three pillars — Witness Acceptance Testing, Business Component Testing, and User Acceptance Testing — standing on a foundation of existing system and supplier testing, and together supporting confidence in the system under test. Result Confidence in the system under test 01 Witness Acceptance Third-party evidence oftheir own componenttesting, witnessed bythe end-to-end team. 02 Business Component Acceptance testing ofa single piece of businessfunctionality — whatclients usually call UAT. 03 User Acceptance Traditional end-to-endUAT, confirming thesolution meets the needsof the user as required. Existing system & supplier testing
Testing & Quality

Three Pillars of Acceptance

Why splitting UAT into Witness, Business Component, and User Acceptance testing builds real business confidence — and stops development throwing code over the fence.

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Making Vendor Relationships Work
Vendor & Transition

Making Vendor Relationships Work

Why most vendor relationships fail on governance and communication rather than anything commercial — and the four areas worth getting right from day one.

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Making Software Integration Projects Successful
Technology & Delivery

Making Software Integration Projects Successful

Why integration projects usually fail on governance, not technology — and four things worth getting right before you build anything.

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