70: You need a delivery manager on your team

In the UK government digital teams, you don’t see project managers or even Scrum masters. Why? Because they have delivery managers instead. In this article, I’m going to convince you why you need delivery managers on your teams.

Not a project manager

Imagine a project manager: their role is to keep the project team on track, on time and on budget, to enforce the process, and to communicate progress and seek help from above when the team is blocked.

Now imagine them evolving from a role centred ...