Agile Methodology

Agile is a lot of things. It’s a method for delivering products, but it also has applications in many other industries. And In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing business environment, agile has become a necessity for organizations that want to remain competitive and successful. Agile is an iterative approach to project…

Back in 2017, I had a corridor talk with an Agile consultant where she introduced me to the concept of system complexity, specifically highlighting Clear, Complicated, Complex, and Chaotic systems. At the time, I didn’t take it too seriously. In fact, I dismissed it with a casual “chaos is what…

Agile has become a buzzword in the software development industry over the past few years. Businesses and software development teams are adopting Agile methodologies to improve their processes and deliver better software products faster. Agile has been around for more than two decades, but it’s still evolving, and new trends…

Surfing the waves of technology and particularly computer science on the internet, I see more and more grumblings related to the Agile Methodoly and it’s implementation under scrum. You can skip straight to the last part or get the full story. I am not what you would call an active…

Introduction In the ever-evolving world of software development, continuous adaptation and swift responses to change have become more critical than ever. As customer expectations and technology evolve lightning-fast, so must the methodologies we use to manage and guide our projects. With their sequential stages and rigid structures, traditional models have often…

Agile vs. Waterfall: Choosing the Right Project Management Approach for Data Science In the rapidly evolving landscape of data science, project managers face unique challenges such as managing uncertainty, accommodating changing requirements, and fostering collaboration across multidisciplinary teams. Agile methodology, with its emphasis on flexibility, iterative development, and continuous feedback…

In today’s rapidly evolving business environment, agility and adaptability are paramount. Financial Planning & Analysis (FP&A) and Finance Transformation Teams are not exceptions to this rule. To address this need for agility, more and more organizations are turning towards Agile methodologies, like Scrum, to manage and execute their FP&A projects…

Introduction In the modern era of software development, rigorous testing is no longer a luxury — it’s a necessity. Testing ensures that software functions as intended and helps maintain high quality and reliability. Among the various types of tests, automated tests, especially unit tests, play a critical role. …

The waterfall has fundamentally shaped how we think of our profession and craft as UX professionals — to the detriment of our colleagues, ourselves, and the people we design for. — As ubiquitous as Scrum is today, it was not so long ago that software development was ruled by a different paradigm: the waterfall. It wasn’t always called by that name. As far back as the 1970s, and as late as the early 2000s, it was taught as simply proper software…