As technology continues to press forward at a relentless pace, organizations are searching for any advantage they can to keep up or get ahead. However, the road to innovation is fraught with competition, complexity, and constantly shifting market conditions. There\u2019s no bandaid fix or plug-and-play solution at the ready \u2013 and if there was, it would no longer be innovation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wie also f\u00fchrt ein Unternehmen im modernen Gesch\u00e4ftsklima tats\u00e4chlich Innovationen durch? In der Welt der Softwareentwicklung liegt die Antwort in agilen Projektmanagementprozessen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agile project management is a fluid approach to managing highly complex and fragmented projects. Agile was loosely modeled after the \u2018Toyota Production System\u2019 designed in Japan \u2013 a system of lean manufacturing which aimed to eliminate unnecessary waste at every possible junction. The system worked well because it made small adjustments to an extremely complex process, rather than trying to fully strip and rebuild a segment based on a new idea. Fast forward many decades, and the lean management system has morphed into subsets, including what we now call \u2018Agile\u2019 \u2013 most commonly seen in software development teams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Im Kern ist agile Softwareentwicklung ein kontinuierlicher Iterationszyklus. In seiner vollst\u00e4ndigen Form k\u00f6nnte es mit einer Hypothese zu einem bestimmten Teil der Software beginnen, dann eine Iteration dazu, eine Messung der Ergebnisse anhand der Hypothese und dann eine weitere Iteration basierend auf diesen Ergebnissen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In day-to-day operations, Agile really means that there is no \u201clarge\u201d undertaking of development work, but rather many small items which are tackled based on priority to the business. An oversimplified example may be that an organization is building a new website \u2013 but instead of planning for the entire thing page for page, function for function at the start, the team will tackle the important pages first and release them to the public before working on the rest. That way, data is coming in which can reinforce or iterate the initial work and feed into the new work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kunden werden fr\u00fch und oft w\u00e4hrend des gesamten Entwicklungsprozesses konsultiert, um die M\u00f6glichkeit von Anforderungs\u00e4nderungen zu ber\u00fccksichtigen, anstatt das Endprodukt nach vielen Monaten zu liefern und dann zur\u00fcckzukehren, um die unvermeidlichen \u00c4nderungen vorzunehmen (denn wer kann mit 100% wirklich mehrere Monate in die Zukunft sehen? Richtigkeit?).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Cross-functional teams then take part in the project from conception to deployment to ensure all team members are invested. The project typically involves cycles of development that last anywhere from 7 to 30 days, which are called \u2018sprints\u2019. At the end of each sprint, the product is demonstrated for the clients so they can give feedback or input new information which may have come to surface during the period; which then informs the next sprint.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agile Ans\u00e4tze f\u00f6rdern regelm\u00e4\u00dfige interne Teammeetings, bei denen Entwickler dar\u00fcber sprechen k\u00f6nnen, was sie am Vortag erreicht haben, ihre Ziele f\u00fcr den aktuellen Tag und bevorstehende Hindernisse, denen sie begegnen k\u00f6nnten. Der Fokus agiler Methoden liegt darauf, die Qualit\u00e4t von Anfang bis Ende zu steigern, w\u00e4hrend das Produkt kontinuierlich verbessert und sichergestellt wird, dass die Software am Ende jeder Iteration f\u00fcr Funktionsdemonstrationen vorbereitet ist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Agile Praktiken dienen dazu, eine schnelle und stabile Entwicklung neuer Software zu erm\u00f6glichen, die sich schnell an technologische Durchbr\u00fcche oder ge\u00e4nderte Anforderungen anpassen kann. Auf diese Weise k\u00f6nnen agile Teams mit den Kundenerwartungen Schritt halten und sich gleichzeitig an die sich \u00e4ndernde Umgebung anpassen, die sie entwickeln. Agile Methoden sind besonders n\u00fctzlich, wenn es um aufstrebende Technologien geht, die schnelle Innovationen erleben, wie z. B. Virtual Reality (VR).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Clever engineers and designers across the globe are discovering innovative applications for VR technology, and it\u2019s not just in gaming and entertainment. Emotional therapy, virtual education field trips, and medical simulations are some of the industry or niche applications that take advantage of the new format. With virtual immersion comes the possibility for high fidelity simulation at vastly reduced costs and lower risk when compared to traditional training methods.<\/p>\n\n\n\n