Blog posts

July 18, 2020

With over 10 years of experience as a consultancy, we pride ourselves on what we like to call ‘Our Secret Sauce’- hand-picking hyper-productive teams for a specific project/product/service to help clients deliver projects at pace. We do the hard work in hiring the right talented individuals, it is not only about whether the candidates can do the role, but also if they are the right fit for the team. Our interview process is certainly no ‘walk in the park’ as our team works hard interviewing candidates both locally and internationally to create the right environment to deliver value to our clients.

July 9, 2020

At the beginning of May, we shared a post on the fantastic work that our Scrumconnect Consulting, team working with DWP Digital delivered something life-changing for our Pensioners. It was always part of the long-term roadmap, but the impact of coronavirus meant that the team had to accelerate the process and deliver at pace. Pensioners are now able to apply for Pension Credit online in a move to assist those who were/are self-isolating or shielding during the coronavirus pandemic.

July 8, 2020

We are delighted to announce the promotion of Mahesh Subramanian as Scrumconnect CTO. Mahesh joined Scrumconnect in November 2019 as a Tech Lead and soon progressed to Principal Technical Lead providing direction, guidance, and mentoring to a large team at the client site. This is a natural progression for Mahesh, given his broad technical expertise and his ability to build relationships across all levels with the team both within Scrumconnect and the client (Ministry of Justice). He has proved that he is the right person for the role.

June 24, 2020

Our vision is to have a consultancy where like-minded, passionate people can work, share unique ideas, and bring them to life. Over the past months, we have seen just that through the hard work and dedication of our consultants. They have created and delivered some life-changing developments that we have already seen the impact of those developments.

June 16, 2020

Leaving a close team is never easy, least of all when you’re not able to say your goodbyes and wrap up your work in person. In my previous design role in the Care Quality Commission, our team was building an essential registration service for the care sector. Our design team used principles from the Government Service Standard and the GOV.UK Prototype Kit which is maintained by the Government Digital Service (GDS).

June 15, 2020

In honour of #menshealthweek, we are getting the best out of lockdown and making the most of the new normal. Taking action on COVID-19. We are encouraging the team to: Take regular breaks, take up a new hobby, go for walks, spend time with the family, having regular conversations in groups (Scrumconnect Coffee Morning Chats), individual calls. As well as creating a survey ‘Are We Doing Enough?’ which we will be analysing the feedback and making necessary adjustments where we can.

June 4, 2020

May 22, 2020

At Scrumconnect, we understand the value and importance of Mental Health within our organisation.During this pandemic this has been at the forefront of our minds. We put the following eight key steps in place, knowing that everyone’s circumstances are different. Our team’s personal, physical, and Mental Health is important to us above everything else.

May 15, 2020

We at Scrumconnect Consulting, are proud of our team working with DWP Digital to deliver something life-changing for our Pensioners. It is amazing to be apart of making a difference. The impact of it is already visible. Week 1 has already achieved a significant channel shift from telephone to online.

May 6, 2020

The juggling of everything and the fatigue gets a bit much at the moment. With the month of May being #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth we’ve put some things in place that helps people with #contextswitching #mentalhealth weekly

April 29, 2020

Lockdown is a strange beast, doing a search on the web to make sure you and your teams are doing the right thing brings a wealth of war stories and advice from those who have ‘been there before’ and ‘managed to survive’. If the truth be told, we’re not just surviving at Scrumconnect we seem to have levelled up naturally.

April 20, 2020

Attracted by the opportunity to work on a large scale software which directly affects UK citizens daily life. One of our consultants, a passionate coder with a decade of experience in building complex distributed systems and enterprise applications tells us about their move from India to the UK.