John Isgrove
Director @Collaborative Consulting Ltd
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Director @Collaborative Consulting Ltd
Collaborate - Transform - DeliverCollaborative Consulting help organisations become more agile by transforming their project delivery approach. This helps deliver significantly improved operational results by generating faster return on investment, introducing significant efficiency improvements, encouraging innovation and generating increased staff commitment and cross-functional teamwork.We address the people & process based issues that are the main reason why projects in many organisations frequently do not deliver the anticipated business value or goals and often run into difficulties.Unique within Scotland (and supporting organisations across the UK & beyond) we embed a collaborative, agile, business results focused culture between end user and project delivery functions to consistently meet your organisation’s demanding targets. This enterprise scale agile approach integrates effectively with any existing project governance such as Prince2 and can be applied to different types of projects including business change & IT. This proven agile approach embraces business change to ensure the solution required is the one delivered - on time.
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ABOUT JOHN ISGROVE
PROFILEAn experienced senior manager with excellent people skills and commercial acumen, works collaboratively at technical and business levels to agree and achieve strategic goals. Specialist experience and skills in the introduction of agile project delivery & software development practices, including organisational & cultural change. A proactive and analytical leader who works effectively under own initiative and as part of a team, identifying and implementing performance improvement. Has a strong background of project delivery and business expansion, encourages and develops people to maximise their potential.MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS INCLUDE• Secured £multi-million sale and significant recurring revenue from new corporate customer. Overcame technology incompatible with company’s software and critical global 3rd party software licensing obstacle. Built 3rd party relationships, defined the services, completed negotiations & implemented a 3rd party cost effective managed service - as a UK business partner, first time achieved• Coordinated extensive software development programme over 7 years. Successfully managed development transition from a 3rd party to totally in-house. Enabled company to expand into new markets, successfully sell solution as a managed service and a distributed solution.• Transitioned division focused on developing one legacy software solution with limited process and structure. Introduced significant cultural, organisational and process change to follow best practice, reducing rework by 50%. In parallel recruited to increase staffing by 250% to deliver 3 new strategic product development streams• Analysed alternative software development approaches. Managed the introduction of DSDM Atern agile approach resulting in a 66% reduction in time to deliver, more rigorous software quality and highly motivated teams.Specialties: KEY SKILLS• Able to use excellent people skills to work at all levels to agree and achieve strategic goals through effective influencing, relationship building, collaboration and tenacity• Able to analyse complex situations, providing effective leadership to identify and implement performance improvement, including cultural, process and organisational change• Able to provide effective governance and hands-on management to ensure complex projects are delivered successfully
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