
Ep 85: Deadlines & Detours
This week on Delivery Manager Daily, I'm joined by Matthew Barrington-Packer — product, delivery and transformation leader, creator of the VOLTS Method, author of Just Fcking Ship It, and host of Deadlines & Detours. Mat

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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 mariosblog.co.uk . I replay all my talks, lectures & keynotes on the pod too, & would really appreciate a like, subscribe or review. I also now have SUBSCRIBER only con
mariodecristofano hosts The Delivery Manager Daily, a technology show with 85 episodes published.

This week on Delivery Manager Daily, I'm joined by Matthew Barrington-Packer — product, delivery and transformation leader, creator of the VOLTS Method, author of Just Fcking Ship It, and host of Deadlines & Detours. Mat

In today’s episode of Delivery Manager Daily , I break down one of the oldest and most unhelpful arguments in digital delivery: Should we run with process, or without it? The truth is far more nuanced. Too much process k

In Episode 83, I break down the exact 90-day plan a high-performing Solutions Director should follow the moment they join a consultancy. No fluff, no corporate theatre — just a practical, commercially sharp walkthrough o

In this episode of The Delivery Manager Daily , Mario De’Cristofano explores how AI is reshaping the world of delivery — from digital transformation and software pipelines to logistics, forecasting, and real-time decisio

I wanted to talk about how when organisations want to be truly Agile, it ain't about putting Jira in, mandating its use & bosch - you're Agile. A recent discussion in the pub with a buddy of mine found that he was going

🎙️ Episode: Emotional Resilience & The Myth of the Unbreakable Leader In this episode of The Delivery Manager Daily , Mario De’Cristofano explores what emotional resilience really means for modern leaders — and why well

In this episode of Delivery Manager Daily , Mario De’Cristofano dives deep into the messy side of professional life: How to understand whether you’re positively or negatively impacting the world around you How to cope wi

🎙️ In this episode of Delivery Manager Daily , we dive into some cutting-edge and controversial topics: How AI is shaping vibe coding and why it might change the way teams build software The recent hack at JLR and what

Welcome to The Delivery Manager Daily , where today we dive deep into the fast-evolving world of vibe coding – a growing trend where developers build through feel, flow, and intuition rather than rigid specs or sprint-dr

🎙️ Vibe Coding: Empowering Delivery Managers in the AI Era In this episode of The Delivery Manager Daily , Mario DeCristofano delves into the transformative world of Vibe Coding. Discover how natural language prompts ar

In this episode, I lay down the tactical playbook for CTOs operating under pressure in 2025. No budget? No problem. We cover 8 no-fluff, high-impact moves every modern CTO should be executing before asking finance for mo

🎧 Episode: The 30-Minute Stakeholder Reset 🎙️ Delivery Manager Weekly with Mario De’Cristofano Stakeholder drift is real — and it’s deadly for delivery. In this episode, I'll lay out a sharp, 3-step reset framework for

🎧 Episode: The 30-Minute Delivery Health Check 🎙️ Delivery Manager Weekly with Mario De’Cristofano Think your delivery is going fine? Prove it — in 30 minutes. In this episode, Mario breaks down a tactical, time-boxed

🎙️ Delivery Manager Weekly — Episode: Standardised Dev Environments in Sprint 0 Hosted by Mario De'Cristofano In this episode, we dive into why setting up standardised development environments during Sprint 0 is a criti

AI projects aren’t coming—they’re already here. Whether it’s chatbots, LLM integrations, or data-driven automation, Delivery Managers are being pulled into artificial intelligence delivery whether they’re ready or not. I

Delivering in Volatile Environments & White Privilege Bias In today’s episode of The Delivery Manager Daily , we tackle two critical challenges in the world of Agile and IT leadership: navigating volatile delivery enviro

🚀 New Episode Alert: The Cloud Exodus – Why Companies Are Moving Back On-Premise 🌍💻 For years, the cloud was the promised land—scalable, flexible, and cost-effective. But now, the tide is turning. Organizations are re

This episode is jam PACKED with information if your a new CS graduate, or wanting to get into the Digital Delivery Manager game in 2025, the things I would do if I were starting fresh. You may want to listen to the episo

In this episode I wanted to talk about two things; Hybrid working - can you effectively do Scrum with new Scrum teams on new projects? This question came about after my talk at Keele, & I thought it was a great question

SKIP to approx 17 minutes in for PRACTICAL ADVICE if you're a computer science student, but I was recently asked off the back of a Keele University talk on Agile how I got to do what I'm doing, so I thought I'd record an
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