anchor.diff:  
   planning_stages:
     title: "Kick-starting legacy projects stuck in the pre-planning stages"
  -  content: "On a mission to deliver fast and valuable results, three legacy projects, which had been stuck in the pre-planning stages for over three years, were selected to pilot. Each project was targeted towards different learner groups to open up this new digital offering to a wider combination of markets for Pearson. The first step: carrying out a series of inception workshops to kick-start the product backlogs of stories to begin with."
  +  content: "On a mission to deliver valuable results, three legacy projects, which had been stuck in the pre-planning stages for over three years, were selected to pilot. Each was targeted at different learner groups to open up this new digital offering to wider market combinations. The first step: carrying out a series of inception workshops to kick-start the product backlogs of stories to begin."
     image: "/project-stories/pearson/ideation.jpg"
     image_description: "Lots of ideas written down"
   
  
positive.code: 
  waterfall:
    title: "Applying agile in a traditional waterfall environment"
    content: "With the aim of developing more of a ‘startup’ culture, we embedded our team into the Pearson offices – coaching in agile and lean product development as the team were applying these new skills. Project Managers were converted to the Product Owner role of the team, hierarchy was dissolved and key Scrum ceremonies were put into diaries, starting with daily stand up and fortnightly Show & Tells and retrospectives."
    image: "/project-stories/pearson/diagram.jpg"
    image_description: "A design of the app"
  
  
negative.code: 
  launching:
    title: "Quickly launching minimal viable products"
    content: "After just four sprints, three MVPs had been released, with one launched publicly at the BETT show - the world's leading education technology event, attracting 35,000+ visitors. From developing the skillset to accelerate in digital product development, the Pearson team are now in a position to expand this to the rest of their portfolio. Opening up this new digital learning revenue stream has paved the direction from the traditional publishing model."
    image: "/project-stories/pearson/border.jpg"
    image_description: "A meeting"
  
  