Its really confusing when I relate myself with Agile. Responsive, Swift, Active are other words given to represent Agile.
I started my working in early 90's. Working along with shop floor of different industries, unless quick response is not built up in thought process, delay in work is certain. Days when I was working in agricultural farms, every day a farmer has to know the weather information in advance. Farmer has to act accordingly to see, fruits, vegetables and crops are well aligned to change. By nature plants align themselves but do we? Its really trouble some question to me. I had to act according to weather report to get maximum out of it. Report changes every day and when you look back, it has a pattern of changes. So I had to plan my activities every day or in advance of 2, 3 days. This helped me to control proper growth of plants and output.
I had systematic plans for next 2 years to increase farms, production. some of wish-list about goals and family desire. I felt, I don't have control on situation. I was focusing on my written plan but situation was changing. There was need of urgent finance and my plans were drawn for longer term and to give me yield in longer cycle. I had to decide, if I can continue with my plans or need to take decision based on situation.
I started doing a job to serve my financial needs and floated myself with situation. I landed to shop floor of metal industry away from farming. Shop floor taught me active planning every day. Situation changes in two time dimensions. short term and long term. started doing planning for workflow keeping in mind of end goal as product. At the same time small mile stones are getting planned. This has helped me a lot to change me from long term planning to split work in small milestones and adding those points for higher goals.
Responsive with facing change, Responsive with time, Responsive to feedback, inputs became part of every day planning and that is the time, I came to know word Agile. There was a time period where to get good direction and job, I had to take steps to go back in education, again start journey in other fields. change became part of life. I started feeling life is nothing but change every day, choice is ours for better or worst. Now to accept the change in positive direction I found we need tools to tame the change, direction and time we have. Normally human being do not have choice when situation changes and only instrument in hand is respond quickly, Respond actively and respond to see you get feedback time to time. Feedback becomes electronic circuit "Positive or Negative" feedback like jet engines of satellite, used to control its direction by firing multiple times.
from starting with farming to metal industry to software's, I took actions with time actively to face challenges and landed into space to handle waterfall projects.
Was practicing Agile in life to balance my needs but in professional world it was waterfall. Requirement, Analysis, Design, build and test....then only we know what is feedback from customer. It was longer cycles and pining constantly to give extra efforts in managing change, making it relevant when it goes to customer. Looking at benefit coming out form feedback we decided to have short cycles of 3 months for a release of software.
One side we were experiencing every day in life that change is necessary and will come always but being responsive, active and swift, we can take actions to control feedback, change in positive side. Second side in software development we were struggling to manage change and time duration of first feedback.
All points merged towards taking the benefit of word Agile which was in good shape in many companies, for us to adopt and learn the way. I am practicing Agile in my projects now. Lot to be done but will keep posting every side of it. Keep watching this space.
I started my working in early 90's. Working along with shop floor of different industries, unless quick response is not built up in thought process, delay in work is certain. Days when I was working in agricultural farms, every day a farmer has to know the weather information in advance. Farmer has to act accordingly to see, fruits, vegetables and crops are well aligned to change. By nature plants align themselves but do we? Its really trouble some question to me. I had to act according to weather report to get maximum out of it. Report changes every day and when you look back, it has a pattern of changes. So I had to plan my activities every day or in advance of 2, 3 days. This helped me to control proper growth of plants and output.
I had systematic plans for next 2 years to increase farms, production. some of wish-list about goals and family desire. I felt, I don't have control on situation. I was focusing on my written plan but situation was changing. There was need of urgent finance and my plans were drawn for longer term and to give me yield in longer cycle. I had to decide, if I can continue with my plans or need to take decision based on situation.
I started doing a job to serve my financial needs and floated myself with situation. I landed to shop floor of metal industry away from farming. Shop floor taught me active planning every day. Situation changes in two time dimensions. short term and long term. started doing planning for workflow keeping in mind of end goal as product. At the same time small mile stones are getting planned. This has helped me a lot to change me from long term planning to split work in small milestones and adding those points for higher goals.
Responsive with facing change, Responsive with time, Responsive to feedback, inputs became part of every day planning and that is the time, I came to know word Agile. There was a time period where to get good direction and job, I had to take steps to go back in education, again start journey in other fields. change became part of life. I started feeling life is nothing but change every day, choice is ours for better or worst. Now to accept the change in positive direction I found we need tools to tame the change, direction and time we have. Normally human being do not have choice when situation changes and only instrument in hand is respond quickly, Respond actively and respond to see you get feedback time to time. Feedback becomes electronic circuit "Positive or Negative" feedback like jet engines of satellite, used to control its direction by firing multiple times.
from starting with farming to metal industry to software's, I took actions with time actively to face challenges and landed into space to handle waterfall projects.
Was practicing Agile in life to balance my needs but in professional world it was waterfall. Requirement, Analysis, Design, build and test....then only we know what is feedback from customer. It was longer cycles and pining constantly to give extra efforts in managing change, making it relevant when it goes to customer. Looking at benefit coming out form feedback we decided to have short cycles of 3 months for a release of software.
One side we were experiencing every day in life that change is necessary and will come always but being responsive, active and swift, we can take actions to control feedback, change in positive side. Second side in software development we were struggling to manage change and time duration of first feedback.
All points merged towards taking the benefit of word Agile which was in good shape in many companies, for us to adopt and learn the way. I am practicing Agile in my projects now. Lot to be done but will keep posting every side of it. Keep watching this space.
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