Technology, Future and Challenges

From client meetings to workplace conversations, a buzzword that keeps making the rounds is 'Agile'.

In software engineering parlance, Agile can be expressed as an iterative, incremental approach to building software where each iteration produces a consumable version of software that is further enhanced in subsequent iterations. Agile focuses on making continuous improvements through customer collaboration, responding to changing requirements, and reducing the time to market.

The evolution of Agile could be attributed to the limitations of the traditional (waterfall) approach of software development, where all planning would be done upfront and any changes coming afterward would be difficult to accommodate owing to a monolithic construct. Teams would fight tooth and nail to avoid change.

But the change we avoid could be a business-critical requirement, a design flaw that might diminish the user experience, or an inefficiently written block of code that might break the application altogether!

Change is uncomfortable, but it's inevitable, and we should expect it. The power lies in the ability to pivot and adapt quickly. It's imperative we stay open to customer feedback and embrace changes, for every change carries with it the seed of an equal or greater opportunity - opportunity to add value and create customer delight!

Don’t ever forget it’s about the customer. When we fail to acknowledge their needs, we are no longer serving their best interest, and they are likely to go somewhere else - to somebody who is serving them.

Stay Agile!