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The Delivery Manager Daily

mariodecristofano

Without doubt the worlds No1 ( :) ) podcast about delivering digital projects, Delivery Management, Agile & managing & coping as a Delivery Manager in 2025. Join me as I walk through weekly episodes of discussion, talk to guests, offer top tips, strategy & advice on how you can deliver digital projects better. Please head on over to @mariodc on X to follow me there, or @deliverynotts & @dm_daily to get links to the latest episodes & blog posts which you can find on

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21:52

Timezones & Treasure

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/10/12

in this episode, I wanted to be practical & continue the two-topics-per-podcast thing, so I talk about how as a DM the things I do to manage teams across MANY time zones, & then in the second part, some fantastic Agile resources just for you. Read the blog post Thank you so much for listening. Follow me on Twitter/X @mariodc Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily + https://plus.acast.com/s/deliverymanagerdaily. Hosted on Acast. See

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33:11

Ai bots for code, & how do I become a DM?

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/10/06

In this episode I talk about two things. a) How to become a DM - in 2023 you need a special set of skills to be a good DM. Someone recently asked me how they should get into the industry & I'd write a podcast about it. I talked about it more in this post hereb) Using Code Gen tools in your engineering teams. Something I see more & more in 23 is needing to wrangle engineering projects where the solution has often been written in part by Ai. What tools are out there, what problems will you face, &

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26:01

Agile 101

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/09/20

In this short 30 minute episode I'll explain what Agile is. No question, no messing, in a way your mum would understand. Off the back of talking to folk who still ask 'so what is Agile then' & listening to many people get it wrong, here's my authoritative explanation on what Agile is.Think I'm wrong? Let me know via X @mariodc, dont forget to subscribe, subscribe to my new Agile newsletter, and I'll talk to you very soon. Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to

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23:56

Using Ai as a Delivery Manager

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/08/31

In this episode I crack the nut open on using Ai as a Delivery Manager. Whether its for help with creating slide decks, writing Epics & User Stories or more complex stuff like Monte Carlo simulations. I've observed Ai being used more & more by engineers, and now I'm starting to see it with us DM's too! Good idea? Bad idea? Let's find out. Follow me on Twitter/X @mariodc for more AND PLEASE SUBSCRIBE to my newsletter where I offer lots of DM resources Want first access to episodes & content? Please

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15:57

Ep 40 - T shaped & Fungible - the skills you should...

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/06/25

in this post I wanted to talk about some of the broader technical capability & understanding & concepts Delivery Managers in 2023 will need to consider, when they take on their respective projects. From cloud management & orchestration to sustainability, the days of pushing a Gantt chart around have gone. Read below my thoughts on what DM’s need to know about in 2023. Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily +

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19:26

Why backlogs suck

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/06/16

An often-mystical beast of never-ending unorganised work that never shrinks. Everything in Agile is driven by a backlog of some description. We talk about ensuring PBIs areINVESTable, andDEEP, but I find myself in projects these days where the backlog is just a noose around the teams neck. Teams shy away from it. Its acknowledged but never spoken of. It’s used as an excuse –you know the one. It never shrinks, it’s never updated, and as time goes on its value decreases.Spicy huh! Agile delivery guy

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2:26

Carbon Agile ADVERT

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/06/01

An ad to my new short run series & blog special on Carbon sustainability in relation to project management - COMING SOON. Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily + https://plus.acast.com/s/deliverymanagerdaily. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:30

Building dependency maps & understanding how to cope...

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/04/15

In this episode I wanted to talk about how to manage dependencies, whether you should manage dependencies or should you break them, & also some the practical things I do. Visit https://www.mariosblog.co.uk/dependency-mapping-is-a-complex-thing/ for more. Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily + https://plus.acast.com/s/deliverymanagerdaily. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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32:42

Lean thinking in an Agile world

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/03/03

In this episode I talk about LEAN thinking in relation to Agile delivery. If you're a DM, working in a LEAN way, a true LEAN way can be problematic for teams as they get their heads around the focus on not gold-plating a solution. From back when the term was coined by John Krafcik to Toyota levering Just in Time manufacturing principles to increase efficiency on the factory floor, LEAN is a properley viable way to take Agile, put it on steroids & actually get your projects under budget & on time. I

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26:13

Being emotionally resilient - what I do

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/01/30

In this episode I wanted to talk about the things I do to galvanise myself & be emotionally resilient. There's too much pressure on employers I think to meet the need of every single worker & that brings issues. Instead, individuals should take full accountability for their own happiness? What do you think? It's part of being a good consultant right? I've talked before about being mindful of the shadows you cast & this is what I'm currently doing to stay resilient in my professional life. Don't

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19:14

Ep 34 - ChatGPT - The future of AI

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2023/01/12

Although I've given up on keeping count of episodes, this one's a good one. I talk about ChatGPT, I think its amazing but has ramifications for ongoing commoditization of software engineering in particular. We were worried robots & AI would take over manual labour jobs first, but it's looking like it's coming for knowledge workers. Are we just on another AI hype-cycle? Are you a graduate software engineer using ChatGPT to write your code? Are you running a side-hustle using Chat GPT? Follow me

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32:31

EP-32 Building a Community of practice

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/12/18

In this episode I talk about what I'd do to build out a community of practice. If you work in tech, maybe your organisation wants to put teams of like minded people together, maybe to solve a problem or issue. I talk about the work involved I've found, building communities of practice. This episode has a YouTube version which you can find here PLEASE LIKE & SUBSCRIBE THE VIDEO as I start to build out my new channel. You can also read the notes from this episode here on my blog, Want first access to

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29:22

Being a good consultant

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/12/01

Each day I look at how I conduct, consume & traverse the world around me. Analysing the things I say, do, & how I choose to interact with people. I’m aware of the power of my words & actions & the impact that has on people. I do it with purpose, as I live my life. When I do make a mistake, it hurts, but I learn.I’m happy about it all. I’ve worked hard to be who I am, & whilst its sometimes tough when I don’t get the love or adulation I would expect, in fact I’m occasionally met with aggression &

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Ep 30 - Being happy at work

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/10/28

Have you ever asked yourself the question why you go to work? Like, sat down & just asked yourself what the *** you are doing? I have. I wanted to briefly talk about the journey I’ve been on over the last six months where I’ve very much nearly become part of the great resignation & what I learnt whilst going on that journey. Maybe some of this will resonate with you. If you’ve found yourself in a slump or thinking **** it, or even thinking you’re going to try & leverage the post COVID

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Ep 29 - Retrospectin the Retrospective

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/10/28

Retrospectives -That one Agile event that’s meant to fix everything. Often however they are run by a tired scrum master or team lead at the end of an arduous sprint & more often than not, it’s a box ticking exercise. It’s meant to be an inspect & adapt event, but its more often a bun fight.Teams & individuals jockey for position at the moaning table, often the loudest person in the room pontificates over what’s wrong in a statesmen like monologue whilst everyone rolls’ their eyes. Others state the

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23:25

Becoming a Delivery Manager

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/10/05

If you're in a neighbouring discipline such as Business Analysis, you'll probably thought about becoming a DM to take your role to the next level. Maybe you're interviewing to be a DM or maybe you dont even know what a DM is. In this episode I talk about a few of these things, how to get into the space, what I see in interviews & what you can to do increase your chances of successful applications, but also the types of skills you'll need. Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider

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27:58

Ep 27 - Doing the Disco

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/09/27

In this podcast, I talk about my recent experience on the discovery I did, which was predominantly remote. The disco phase is an important aspect of any project, allowing you to often validate your thinking to ensure the thing you're doing is the right thing. Read more on the blog, and get involved @dm_daily on Twitter, @mariodc Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily + https://plus.acast.com/s/deliverymanagerdaily. Hosted on Acast. See

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Ep26 - your 100 day plan

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/08/24

You will often as you progress your career in delivery, be asked for a 3 month plan. Usually for a client, sometimes for a job interview, sometimes for the C-level exec. But that 100 day plan is your commitment to the next 90 days or so. Whenever I get stuck into anything, be it a project, a proposal or 'here's how shit is going to go down' there's a few things to think about. Read more at mariosblog Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily +

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21:13

What I do when I deliver

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/05/12

in this episode I'll be talking about what I do again & again when I deliver projects. These are things I've weaponised which get me results and I want to start drilling down into them a bit more. Want first access to episodes & content? Please consider subscribing to Delivery Manager Daily + https://plus.acast.com/s/deliverymanagerdaily. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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17:46

Agile doesn't work, there's too many people on your...

The Delivery Manager Daily ·

2022/05/12

I've reflected over the last three years to determine that no matter the framework, methodology or approach, it's always to try & tackle the real issues which are often left to just be...well...issues. There are often far too many people involved in a project, causing any mechanism you use for scale or communication to groan at the seams. Hybrid working just compounds this further. Let's tackle the problems, rather than adding something over the top to superficially 'improve' things. You can read my

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