Comments on: Meta-Agility http://sebastien-arbogast.com/2008/10/10/meta-agility/ Solving Software Problems since 2010 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:32:01 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Arik http://sebastien-arbogast.com/2008/10/10/meta-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-569 Arik Fri, 12 Mar 2010 01:27:00 +0000 http://sebastien-arbogast.com/?p=80#comment-569 Seb, As I participed to the promotion of AGILE as an alternative methdo within AXEN ;-), I would like to give my first 6 month expereince return on the benefits I already see : 1. User stories: * As a prodcut owner, I was delighted to be challenged on my user stories. Do I really want that? Is it the best solution? -> it avoids certainly to fall into the famous "I think that... and do that" ;-) * it foces us to cut the work in small achievable tasks-> easier to do remotly * I feel more confortable in defining users stories step by step, not in the beginning of the project. 2. Animation * it's a kind way to do control ! I fully agree that we have to invent a way of working. As an innovator, you certainly know that the most majority of innvations haven't been created by a genious minds ex nihilo but by minds that are genius in associating different things together. So, the more you discover and practice new things, the more you increase your potential of innovation! To my mind, any method (how) will repalce the most important thing in a project: LEADERSHIP (why). Last specific remark concerning AXEN and people implication: poeple need to understand that the best return they can have is learning... To be motivated, they do need to know what they want to learn... in an active way. Seb,
As I participed to the promotion of AGILE as an alternative methdo within AXEN ;-), I would like to give my first 6 month expereince return on the benefits I already see :
1. User stories:
* As a prodcut owner, I was delighted to be challenged on my user stories. Do I really want that? Is it the best solution? -> it avoids certainly to fall into the famous “I think that… and do that” ;-)
* it foces us to cut the work in small achievable tasks-> easier to do remotly
* I feel more confortable in defining users stories step by step, not in the beginning of the project.
2. Animation
* it’s a kind way to do control !

I fully agree that we have to invent a way of working. As an innovator, you certainly know that the most majority of innvations haven’t been created by a genious minds ex nihilo but by minds that are genius in associating different things together. So, the more you discover and practice new things, the more you increase your potential of innovation!

To my mind, any method (how) will repalce the most important thing in a project: LEADERSHIP (why).

Last specific remark concerning AXEN and people implication: poeple need to understand that the best return they can have is learning… To be motivated, they do need to know what they want to learn… in an active way.

]]> By: Sébastien http://sebastien-arbogast.com/2008/10/10/meta-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-556 Sébastien Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:29:00 +0000 http://sebastien-arbogast.com/?p=80#comment-556 As I said, I don't think SCRUM/Agile practices can work outside of the software industry but the process that led to their design can certainly be reproduced in other domains. It's all about facing and embracing constraints in order to organize ourselves in a more pragmatic and realistic way. Don't forget that SCRUM/Agile practices took inspiration in lean manufacturing. As I said, I don’t think SCRUM/Agile practices can work outside of the software industry but the process that led to their design can certainly be reproduced in other domains. It’s all about facing and embracing constraints in order to organize ourselves in a more pragmatic and realistic way.

Don’t forget that SCRUM/Agile practices took inspiration in lean manufacturing.

]]> By: PM Hut http://sebastien-arbogast.com/2008/10/10/meta-agility/comment-page-1/#comment-555 PM Hut Fri, 12 Mar 2010 19:19:00 +0000 http://sebastien-arbogast.com/?p=80#comment-555 I cannot see how SCRUM/Agile practices can work outside the software industry. Do you have any example in mind? I cannot see how SCRUM/Agile practices can work outside the software industry.

Do you have any example in mind?

]]>