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Agile-style planning, or “A man, a plan, a canal. Every week.”
In my last post, I gave a brief intro to Agile, and I promised a post about simple planning. Here you go.
So, to plan software, it should be simple. You know what you want, so just figure out a plan for making it happen, and then follow the plan. What could be easier? If you’re planning the entire project up front, nothing could be harder.
If you’re reading this post, you already know that plans change. That’s why we do Agile. We plan often, and we review the plan daily.
An Introduction to Agile
Let’s say you’re a Cloudspace client. Let’s say you’re new to Agile. You’ve heard people talk about Agile; but how is it actually done?
If I had to give an executive summary, I’d say Agile is a way to sustainably manage projects for the long-term, while still keeping flexibility for the short-term.
Now, that’s a great piece of marketing, suit-and-tie-speak. And it’s useless for actually figuring out how Agile works. You want to know things like: Agile makes it easy to apply today’s lessons learned, starting next week — not at the beginning of next-year’s project. This means the person with the product vision (probably you) can re-evaluate and completely change the direction of a project in under a week.