Andrew Rees: Running a small but perfectly formed tech team

Managing a development team

clock • 4 min read

Andrew Rees shares some behind the scenes insight into running a financial services development team that involves both 'scrums' and 'sprints'...

Since joining The Verve Group ten months ago, we have begun growing a small in-house development team to manage and develop the existing Apricity and Para-Sols systems. We have been lucky to find some fantastic developers and have built a small but growing team who have come in and hit the ground running. Onboarding new developers has posed its own challenges during these strange times, with one lockdown after another, but in this day and age technology has enabled us to stay in close contact by sharing screens and even integrated development environments such as Visual Studio using Live...

To continue reading this article...

Join Professional Adviser for free

  • Unlimited access to real-time news, industry insights and market intelligence
  • Stay ahead of the curve with spotlights on emerging trends and technologies
  • Receive breaking news stories straight to your inbox in the daily newsletters
  • Make smart business decisions with the latest developments in regulation, investing retirement and protection
  • Members-only access to the editor’s weekly Friday commentary
  • Be the first to hear about our events and awards programmes

Join

 

Already a Professional Adviser member?

Login

More on Technology

Adventures in AI: Separating hype from reality

Adventures in AI: Separating hype from reality

Taking the ‘eh?’ out of AI

Mike Morrow
clock 29 October 2025 • 4 min read
Iress and Moneyinfo link up in 'first of its kind' partnership

Iress and Moneyinfo link up in 'first of its kind' partnership

Exclusive: Tech firms aim to connect the full advice journey

Isabel Baxter
clock 29 October 2025 • 6 min read
PA Asks: Advice profession says 'no thank you' to introducing apps

PA Asks: Advice profession says 'no thank you' to introducing apps

Advice business owners reveal if they have considered introducing an app

Isabel Baxter
clock 28 October 2025 • 2 min read