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
Ent\u00e3o, como uma organiza\u00e7\u00e3o realmente inova no clima empresarial moderno? No mundo do desenvolvimento de software, a resposta est\u00e1 nos processos de gerenciamento de projetos Agile.<\/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
Em sua ess\u00eancia, o desenvolvimento de software Agile \u00e9 um ciclo cont\u00ednuo de itera\u00e7\u00e3o. Em sua forma completa, ele poderia come\u00e7ar com uma hip\u00f3tese em uma determinada parte do software, em seguida, uma itera\u00e7\u00e3o para ela, uma medi\u00e7\u00e3o de resultados contra a hip\u00f3tese e, em seguida, uma itera\u00e7\u00e3o adicional com base nesses resultados.<\/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
Os clientes s\u00e3o consultados no in\u00edcio e muitas vezes ao longo do processo de desenvolvimento para abra\u00e7ar a possibilidade de mudan\u00e7as de requisitos, em vez de entregar o produto final depois de muitos meses e, em seguida, voltar para fazer as mudan\u00e7as inevit\u00e1veis (porque quem pode realmente ver v\u00e1rios meses no futuro com 100% precis\u00e3o?).<\/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
As abordagens \u00e1geis promovem reuni\u00f5es regulares da equipe interna, onde os desenvolvedores podem falar sobre o que realizaram no dia anterior, suas metas para o dia atual e quaisquer obst\u00e1culos que possam enfrentar. O foco das metodologias Agile \u00e9 impulsionar a qualidade do in\u00edcio ao fim, melhorando continuamente o produto e garantindo que o software esteja preparado para demonstra\u00e7\u00f5es funcionais no final de cada itera\u00e7\u00e3o.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As pr\u00e1ticas \u00e1geis servem para permitir o desenvolvimento r\u00e1pido e est\u00e1vel de um novo software que pode se ajustar rapidamente \u00e0 medida que ocorrem avan\u00e7os tecnol\u00f3gicos ou requisitos s\u00e3o modificados. Isso permite que as equipes Agile acompanhem as expectativas do cliente enquanto se adaptam ao ambiente em constante mudan\u00e7a que est\u00e3o desenvolvendo. As metodologias \u00e1geis s\u00e3o particularmente \u00fateis ao lidar com tecnologias emergentes que est\u00e3o passando por inova\u00e7\u00f5es r\u00e1pidas, como a realidade virtual (RV).<\/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