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NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act: What IT Teams in Government Actually Face
NIS2 and the Cyber Resilience Act are reshaping security obligations for public sector IT. Here is what the requirements mean in practice, and where most teams are already behind.
ESCO and AI Reskilling: What the Data Actually Says About Tech Careers
Europe has a common language for skills — ESCO — but most people building careers or reskilling for AI have never heard of it. Here is what it means in practice.
Interoperability in Government IT: Why It's Harder Than a Framework
The European Interoperability Framework gives you the map. It doesn't warn you about the organisational politics, legacy systems, and data quality problems waiting on the other side.
Agile in the Public Sector: Why It's Harder Than the Books Say
Agile works in government — but not the way the Scrum Guide describes it. Here's what actually happens when you try to ship iteratively inside public institutions.
What SAP Programmes Teach You That Agile Books Never Will
Twenty years on, the hard lessons from large-scale ERP delivery still shape how I run every project. Here is what those programmes get right — and wrong — that no methodology book covers.
Digital Sovereignty in Government IT: Why Open Source Is Now a Strategy
Governments across Europe are treating open source not as a cost-cutting tactic but as a sovereignty decision. Here is what that shift looks like in practice and what it demands from delivery teams.
eIDAS 2 and the EUDI Wallet: What Product Teams Need to Know Now
The European Digital Identity Wallet is coming whether your product is ready or not. Here is what the regulation actually requires and how to start building for it without waiting for perfect specs.
LLM Agent Orchestration: Decisions That Actually Matter in Production
Orchestrating LLM agents sounds exciting in demos. In production, it comes down to a handful of unglamorous architectural decisions that determine whether your system works or quietly falls apart.
Data Protection by Design: What It Actually Means When You Ship
GDPR's 'data protection by design' principle sounds obvious until you're in a sprint review and nobody has made the hard calls. Here's what it looks like in practice.
IT Procurement in the Public Sector: Where Projects Die Before They Start
Most public sector IT projects are won or lost in procurement, not delivery. Here is what the tender process gets wrong and what project leaders can do about it.
PM²: The Project Methodology Europe Uses (and Most Teams Ignore)
PM² is the European Commission's own project management framework — free, open, and built for public sector reality. Here's what it actually looks like in practice and why it deserves more attention.
The EU AI Act in Practice: What Product Teams Actually Need to Do
The EU AI Act is live and most product teams are still treating it as a legal problem. It isn't. Here is what compliance actually looks like from the product side.