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Agile in the Public Sector: Why It's Harder Than the Books Say
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Agile in the Public Sector: Why It's Harder Than the Books Say

Agile works in government — but not the way the Scrum Guide describes it. Here's what actually happens when you try to ship iteratively inside public institutions.

Oct 27, 2026Read more
What SAP Programmes Teach You That Agile Books Never Will
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What SAP Programmes Teach You That Agile Books Never Will

Twenty years on, the hard lessons from large-scale ERP delivery still shape how I run every project. Here is what those programmes get right — and wrong — that no methodology book covers.

Oct 24, 2026Read more
Digital Sovereignty in Government IT: Why Open Source Is Now a Strategy
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Digital Sovereignty in Government IT: Why Open Source Is Now a Strategy

Governments across Europe are treating open source not as a cost-cutting tactic but as a sovereignty decision. Here is what that shift looks like in practice and what it demands from delivery teams.

Oct 22, 2026Read more
eIDAS 2 and the EUDI Wallet: What Product Teams Need to Know Now
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eIDAS 2 and the EUDI Wallet: What Product Teams Need to Know Now

The European Digital Identity Wallet is coming whether your product is ready or not. Here is what the regulation actually requires and how to start building for it without waiting for perfect specs.

Oct 20, 2026Read more
LLM Agent Orchestration: Decisions That Actually Matter in Production
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LLM Agent Orchestration: Decisions That Actually Matter in Production

Orchestrating LLM agents sounds exciting in demos. In production, it comes down to a handful of unglamorous architectural decisions that determine whether your system works or quietly falls apart.

Oct 17, 2026Read more
Data Protection by Design: What It Actually Means When You Ship
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Data Protection by Design: What It Actually Means When You Ship

GDPR's 'data protection by design' principle sounds obvious until you're in a sprint review and nobody has made the hard calls. Here's what it looks like in practice.

Oct 15, 2026Read more
IT Procurement in the Public Sector: Where Projects Die Before They Start
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IT Procurement in the Public Sector: Where Projects Die Before They Start

Most public sector IT projects are won or lost in procurement, not delivery. Here is what the tender process gets wrong and what project leaders can do about it.

Oct 13, 2026Read more
PM²: The Project Methodology Europe Uses (and Most Teams Ignore)
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PM²: The Project Methodology Europe Uses (and Most Teams Ignore)

PM² is the European Commission's own project management framework — free, open, and built for public sector reality. Here's what it actually looks like in practice and why it deserves more attention.

Oct 10, 2026Read more
The EU AI Act in Practice: What Product Teams Actually Need to Do
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The EU AI Act in Practice: What Product Teams Actually Need to Do

The EU AI Act is live and most product teams are still treating it as a legal problem. It isn't. Here is what compliance actually looks like from the product side.

Oct 8, 2026Read more
Why AI Projects Fail at Change Management, Not Technology
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Why AI Projects Fail at Change Management, Not Technology

Most AI initiatives stall not because the model underperforms, but because the organisation was never prepared to change how it works. Here is what I have learned managing both sides of that problem.

Oct 6, 2026Read more
AI Cost Control in Production: What I Learned Building CVChatly
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AI Cost Control in Production: What I Learned Building CVChatly

Running LLM agents in production is expensive if you're not deliberate about it. Here's how I approach AI cost control without killing the product experience.

Oct 3, 2026Read more
Dynamic AWS‑Serverless JSON‑LD Generation for GDPR‑Compliant Job Listings
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Dynamic AWS‑Serverless JSON‑LD Generation for GDPR‑Compliant Job Listings

Overview I use JSON‑LD to embed structured data directly in job‑listing pages, boosting search visibility and providing the algorithmic transparency required by

Aug 20, 2026Read more