About Peter
Kia Ora, my name is Peter Woolley, I am a Senior Delivery Lead at Foodstuffs North Island. I started my IT career in the mid-90s as a Developer, I initially worked on a range of IT projects – the most interesting being in Auckland Prison (New Zealand’s highest security prison) and Y2K. Post 2000 inspired by supporting graduates on their career journey I became a Team Leader and later a Software Development Manager. In 2010 I learnt about the Scrum Framework and the Agile Manifesto. After years of sitting through long meetings debating changing requirements, reading large over-engineered design documents, endless programme office template changes and stop-all-work gate reviews for late projects, the Agile Manifesto was a breath of fresh air. Over the past nine years I have focused on Agile Practitioner roles. I enjoy the balance of people and delivery; the joy of success and I never tire of watching working software.
Previous talks
- Regional Scrum Gathering Australia 2023 “How Metrics Tell the Story” March 2023.
- AOTBNZ 2023 “Rugby, Sheep And Pavlova – A Guide to Working with New Zealanders” March 2023.
- Agile Online Summit 2023 “Rugby, Sheep And Pavlova – A Guide to Working with New Zealanders” October 2023.
- Agile Australia 2024 “Excellence over Estimates” August 2024
- Regional Scrum Gathering Singapore 2025 “Flow – Its the Plumbing, Not the Water” August 2025