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- [ ] Added your blog post to a single category?
- [ ] Added a brief summary for your post? Summaries should be roughly two sentences in length and give potential readers a good idea of the contents of your post.
- [ ] Checked that the build passes?
- [ ] Checked your spelling (you can use `npm spellcheck` if that's your thing)
- [ ] Checked your spelling (you can use `npm install` followed by `npx mdspell "**/{FILE_NAME}.md" --en-gb -a -n -x -t` if that's your thing)
- [ ] Ensured that your author profile contains a profile image, and a brief description of yourself? (make it more interesting than just your job title!)
- [ ] Optimised any images in your post? They should be less than 100KBytes as a general guide.

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- cprice
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- cstephen
- cwilton
- dgrew
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- hbedford
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- jbeckles
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name: "Bogdan Dimitrov"
author-summary: "<p>I am a Software Developer at Scott Logic working with .NET and HTML5 web technologies.</p>"
picture: picture.jpg
bheyman:
name: "Ben Heyman"
author-summary: "Software Developer based out of Bristol, having a go at some writing."
picture: profilepic1.jpg
bjedrzejewski:
name: "Bartosz Jedrzejewski"
author-summary: '<p>I am a Technical Principal at Scott Logic specialising in microservices and cloud architectures. I am a passionate advocate of the DevOps culture. I also write on <a href="https://www.e4developer.com">e4developer.com</a></p>'
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twitter-url: "https://twitter.com/cjsmithie"
twitter-handle: cjsmithie
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cwilton:
name: "Chris Wilton-Magras"
author-summary: "<p>Opinionated lead developer, munro bagger, beer brewer, cat lover, occasional fool.</p>"
picture: me.jpg
dcook:
feed-description: "Dan Cook's thoughts on all things Big Data."
google-plus-url: "https://plus.google.com/102307699647083644941"
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twitter-url: "https://twitter.com/HannahPretswell"
twitter-handle: HannahPretswell
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hsauve:
author-summary: "I'm an Associate Developer at Scott Logic based in the Bristol office. My background is in Languages and Marketing."
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name: "Hélène Sauvé"
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ilapworth:
name: "Isaac Lapworth"
author-summary: "2018 Newcastle intern"
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jcardy:
name: "Jonathan Cardy"
jcwright:
name: "Jay Wright"
author-summary: "<p>I'm a developer at Scott Logic, based in Newcastle. My primary interest is in backend development, primarily in Java, and cloud technologies. I also have experience building web applications in React.<p>\n<p>Away from work I'm a keen petrol head and avid Formula One fan. I support McLaren, in case you were wondering.</p>"
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jdunkerley:
author-summary: "<p>I am a Technical Architect at Scott Logic, based in London. I have many years of using C# within financial services. My current interests are in data analytics and visualisation, particularly using Tableau and Alteryx. I also enjoying learning about new big data technologies and machine learning.</p>"
name: "James Dunkerley"
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email: [email protected]
author-summary: "Originally from a humanities and languages background, I'm now a Senior Developer at Scott Logic based in the Newcastle office, with an interest in a bit of everything tech-wise. Outside of that I like going to other countries trying to eat all of their food."
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rstrange:
name: "Richard Strange"
author-summary: "I'm a Lead Developer at Scott Logic working in the Bristol office."
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quality.
author: lpisani
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cta:
link: https://www.scottlogic.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Dont-let-test-be-a-bottleneck_Scott_Logic.pdf
text: Download the guide now
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- Delivery
tags:
- project
- recovery,
- delivery,
- recovery
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- delivery
- rescue
author: mphillips
layout: default_post
summary: When a project goes off the rails, the question becomes how to get delivery
back on track, or even whether to cancel the project entirely. Here at Scott Logic,
we have many years of experience helping businesses to recover projects and I wanted
to share some insights from that experience.
author: mphillips
image: mphillips/assets/Project-Rescue-image.jpg
layout: default_post
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## An independent review might help get it back on track
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## (Re-)Focus on business value

The business value that was the original objective of the project can often be overshadowed and obscured as the focus shifts to the complexities of delivery. When building a recovery plan, it’s critical to focus again on delivering real business value, not simply the perceived solution. By applying this perspective and a degree of rigour, the areas of highest priority will become clear – along with what can be left out. [Evidence-Based Management](https://www.scottlogic.com/what-we-do/agile-and-devops/) (EBM) is one way to remove some of the emotion from these decisions and help ensure this focus on value.
The business value that was the original objective of the project can often be overshadowed and obscured as the focus shifts to the complexities of delivery. When building a recovery plan, it’s critical to focus again on delivering real business value, not simply the perceived solution. By applying this perspective and a degree of rigour, the areas of highest priority will become clear – along with what can be left out. Evidence-Based Management(EBM) is one way to remove some of the emotion from these decisions and help ensure this focus on value.

## How Scott Logic can help

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