Software the Agile Way....

When I first read the Agile values and principles, I found it really easy to understand as it talks really the basic things. And I thought this is already there in me and i know really well. But I was wrong. There is a deep meaning of each and every values and principles and understanding and implementing it, is a difficult job. But I took up the challenge and started learning about these and started implementing when I was just a software engineer. I volunteered for the role of Scrum Master and started applying these concepts. I learned during the implementation phase that before helping other understand and influence, I need to convince myself why this is helpful and how it is benefiting me. For example, instead of sending a formal email to my test engineer, I started going to his desk and started having the better interaction. This saved a lot of my time as I don't have to explain in email and i can close that issue quickly by having a quick interaction. This helped me to...

Whenever we set a goal, we or people who are concerned always ask when this goal going to be achieved. Basically, we start by setting a goal which is expected to deliver some value. How do we determine if this goal will actually result value.What is the measurement criteria of a goal. Consider an example, lets say your goal is to learn Python Programming language so that you can build professional websites and work for companies part time to provide solution in Python. How will you measure value. First of all this is a individual goal which means no one is affected by this goal, however if this goal is set by the employer then concerned people will be your manager who would like to consider you in the python projects. So how will you determine the size of this goal and duration it will take to achieve. And the way to achieve the determine is through planning ! There are 3 ways you may go ahead planning for this goal: Over- Planning   - In this case you will just identify e...