At XEN we follow Agile SCRUM Methodology concept on the way of Software Application Development either it is Mobile/ Wireless Application Development, Custom Software Application Development, CRM or CMS, our agile principle of software/ Product development goes through proper steps of development to give our Clients the quality product on cost effective ratio.
Scrum is an iterative, incremental process for developing any product or managing any software application development. It produces a potentially shippable set of functionality at the end of every iteration. Scrum is a state of mind; it is a way of thinking that unleashes the creative spirit while remaining firmly grounded in some solid and long-respected theoretical principles, including Empiricism, Emergence and Self-organization.
Empiricism refers to the continuous inspect/adapt process that allows both developers and top managements to make decisions in real time, based on actual data, and as a result respond quickly to ever-changing conditions in the surrounding environment, most importantly the market place in which the software is sold or distributed.
Emergence results from an empirical approach. It implies that all solutions to all problems will become clear as we work. They will not become clear if we simply talk about them. Big Up Front Design will only result in Big Wrong Design or at best Big Working But Totally Inflexible Design. When we allow solutions to emerge it is always the simplest and the most appropriate solution for the current context that rises to the surface. Emergence coupled with Empiricism will lead us to the most appropriate and the most flexible (i.e. changeable) solution.
Self-organization refers to the structure of the teams creating the product of development carried out. Small multidisciplinary teams are empowered to make the important decisions necessary to Create high quality product and Manage their own processes.
The thinking here is that those doing the work know best how to do the work. These teams work in a highly interactive and generative way, emerging the product through continuous dialog, exploration and iteration. Self-organization works when there are clear goals and clear boundaries.
Key Benefits of using Agile Scrum Methodology:
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Scrum is an agile process to manage and control team development. |
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Scrum is a wrapper for existing engineering practices that we call Process Re-engineering. |
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| Reduced calendar time to implement new feature or enhancements. |
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| Scrum is a team-based approach to iteratively, incrementally develop systems and products when requirements are rapidly changing. |
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| Scrum is a process that controls the chaos of conflicting interests and needs. |
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| Scrum is a way to improve communications and maximize co-operation. |
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| Scrum is a way to detect and cause the removal of anything that gets in the way of developing and delivering products. |
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| Scrum is a way to maximize productivity. |
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| Scrum is scalable from single projects to entire organizations. Scrum has controlled and organized development and implementation for multiple interrelated products and projects with over a thousand developers and implementers. |
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| Teams gained wider product knowledge in short period, enhancing flexibility in resource deployment |
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| High visibility of ‘Real’ progress to all stakeholders and All stakeholders can ‘feel’ the product enhancement much earlier. |
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| Continuous project plan & schedule refinements based on progress & contribution by users. |
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In addition to these principles Scrum relies on two core mechanisms: Prioritization and Time boxing.
Prioritization simply means that some tasks are more important than others. This is obvious, yet quickly forgotten when the “we need it all now” mindset is entered. Scrum helps put the focus back on selecting the most important things to do first — and then actually doing them! Making time to prioritize and being rigorous about it are essential to the success of Scrum.
Time boxing is a simple mechanism for handling complexity. We can’t figure out the whole system at this time, so let’s take one small problem and in a short space of time, say one week or one month, figure out how to solve that problem. The results of that will then guide us towards a solution for the next, bigger problem and give us insight into the needs of the system as a whole.
Organizational Change With Scrum Methodology, the management hierarchies of organizations tend to get leveled and development teams have a more immediate and direct contact with customers. The work environment becomes less command-and-control and more collaborative. Regular, open dialog is encouraged over extensive documentation, and negotiated agreement is preferred to formal and impersonal contracts of work.
Enhanced responsiveness: Several ideas for new feature enhancement generated during SPRINT demo were implemented in the following SPRINT cycle. As all team members participate in SPRINT demo during which lot of new ideas come up, thus development team has very good understanding of end objective for each feature which brings High commitment from all team-members as they are been involved in the planning process & Well knit and integrated team working with high trust level and less bureaucratic process. |
