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We’ve moved to Goshido.com

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:19:00 +0000

coClarity is now trading under the name Goshido. We have left the coClarity.com blog posts here so you can see some of the early history of the company.

To find out more about Goshido - the simple way to run complex projects - head on over to goshido.com.

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Guest Lecture in University of Limerick

ger — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:56:03 +0000

I’m delivering a guest lecture on the 26-Nov-2009 in the University of Limerick. I’ll be talking about what its like to work in agile projects from the developer, tester and manager perspectives.

I’ll be using the slides from my talk in Enterprise Ireland earlier this week.

The lecture will be part of the 4th year “Multimedia Industry Perspectives” module. Most of the students are from the “Multimedia and Computer Games” course but there’s some from “Computer Science” and “Digital Media Design” as well.

It looks like there’s a fairly big room in the University of Limerick and they tell me visitors are welcome too. If you’d like to attend, the lecture starts at 10am in the Kemmy Business School, room KBG14.

Speaking at Lero/EI event on Agile Management

ger — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:36 +0000

On Monday 23rd November I’ll be speaking at a seminar on agile project management.

Lero (the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre) organised this free seminar and Enterprise Ireland are hosting it at their offices in Dublin, Ireland.

Dr. Kieran Conboy (NUI Galway) will be talking about the current state of knowledge regarding agile development. Dr. Xiaofeng Wang (University of Limerick) is going to examine a set of (mis)understandings of agile software development using real world examples and ideas from complexity study.

I’ll be talking about my experiences using agile techniques to manage a number of successful projects in both large and small companies. I’ll also discuss how agile techniques can help you manage non-software projects.

I understand there are a good number of people registered already. To register, contact Enterprise Ireland. Hope to see you there.

You can view the slides on slideshare.

Updated: fixed the Lero event link above and included a link to the slides.

coClarity selected for iGAP

ger — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 12:35:34 +0000

coClarity has been selected for the iGAP programme.

The Internet Growth Acceleration Programme (iGAP) has been developed by Enterprise Ireland and the Internet Growth Alliance and is aimed exclusively at high potential internet companies. “Over 6 months, iGAP will equip managers within Irish internet business with the practical tools needed to formulate aggressive international growth plans and scale their businesses.”

The first two sessions will cover Strategy and Monetization models. We’ll keep you posted on any interesting nuggets we learn.

coClarity wins Seedcorn EPP award

ger — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:53:33 +0000

On Friday I got a call from Intertrade Ireland to tell us we won the Seedcorn award for “best venture stemming from a university spin-out or platform programme”. The €10k prize will significantly boost our marketing budget.

Seedcorn is a business plan competition for companies in the Republic and Northern Ireland.

Congratulations also to Ronan and Ian of Cauwill Technologies who won the Munster award. Best of luck in the final lads.

coClarity short listed for ISA award

ger — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 11:48:54 +0000

coClarity has been shortlisted for Irish Software Association’s “Emerging Software Business of the Year” award.

coClarity selected for Seedcorn regional final

ger — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:32:55 +0000

coClarity was selected for the Munster Final of the Seedcorn business plan competition.

Not only that but the other companies selected (Mobanode and Cauwill Technologies) are also based in the Enterprise Acceleration Centre in Limerick Institute of Technology.

Project Management LEAP programme

ger — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 17:28:01 +0000

LEAP is a year-long enterprise and management development programme hosted by the Enterprise Acceleration Centre @ Limerick Institute of Technology. We were selected to facilitate a workshop and day of training on project management. Ronan Skehill, one of the LEAP participants, wrote a great summary of the day.

I believe project management is important for any business but crucial for start-ups. In a start-up everyone needs to be a project manager, everyone need to make sure they are pouring effort into things that will matter to the business.

I’m making the slides available here (PDF files)

If you have any questions or suggestions, please fire away in the comments section below.

Bizcamp Dublin Slides

ger — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 19:07:36 +0000

I facilitated a discussion at Bizcamp Dublin last Saturday. The talk was called: “Simple Project Management for Startups”. 40-50 people showed up for the talk and we had a good lively discussion on the challenges startups and small companies face managing projects and staying focussed.

You can get the slides on slideshare.

If you have any feedback I’d love to hear it.

The day itself was massive. A group of volunteers put together a conference that was as good as any expensive professional event I’ve been at. The next time you see a mention of a Bizcamp be sure to go along.

Simple Planning for Startups

ger — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 10:16:32 +0000

Earlier this year we facilitated a discussion on simple planning techniques for startups at Bizcamp Limerick. We discussed Scrum, Getting Things Done (GTD) and The 4-hour Work Week. We’re going to facilitate another discussion on this subject at the upcoming Bizcamp in Dublin on September 19th 2009.

You can find the slides on SlideShare.

Please send us recommendations of other techniques and tools that might be useful for planning startup businesses.