One
of my colleague commented this and somehow this sentence walked with
me home. It definitely made me ponder more on this topic. Some of my
random thoughts
People,
I meet most of the time, who are process advocate have little
connection with software but they know how to come up with a process for
development team. It makes me wonder how can you come up with a
process for something you have never experienced. No offense to any
of gurus, it is truly my view.
To
me a process is dependent upon:
1)
your organization,
2)
team,
3)
technology,
4)
project and
5)
never the less upon culture.
With
so many variables how can one process definition be sufficient. My
confusion does not end here. Lets look at the other side of coin. We
have hundreds of processes available. Each process has flavors and
your can mix and match process too. i.e Scrumban, Scrumlite,
proto-kanban etc etc..
Question
is how I select which process would be best to start with?
1)
I usually like to start with understanding my variables. Once I have
understanding about my variables I move next.
2)
I go on to understand which values are most important for my
organization and team.
3)
My hunt further continues in process area, which process would help
me in delivering those values in less friction way.
Now
to do any of the above you really need to know and understand
developer's heartbeat. Things which can go wrong during development
process. Knowing developers instincts. So being a process advocate
who can code would not only give you above advantages but would also
let you come close to the team, will make your more reliable and will
make you a good leader which your team might look forward too.
More
importantly, which I feel missing in any process is. how to keep your
team motivated and happy.
A
happy team can do miracles. Any process will fail if you don't have
right people in your team. So what is more important process or team.
In my perspective it's team. If your team is nice and you have people
with right mindset they can make any process work. Other way round
seems very very difficult to me....
Thoughts
Manisha
