Agile methodology - leading to teamwork improvement  drukuj

As far as a team’s effectiveness is concerned, I can easily tell, that in my opinion, based on my eye-witnessed observations, employees who are familiar with and experienced in agile methodology are far better team players than those who aren’t. This statement’s got even stronger meaning, when you realize, that for me it is a totally new subject and I’ve never come across this kind of methodology in software development before!

It all started during our office Christmas party. We were divided into two groups, with different goals to achieve. What surprised me the most, was that making two groups was the difficult part – as everyone wanted to be with everyone :-)  After two teams were made – all following steps were processed as they were planned to, without a scratch, and all were delivered on time. The level of understanding and an easiness of acting as a team was astonishing.

The next day I was even more mystified when I discovered, that during typical business activities concerning software development, all was lead in the same way as it was still a Christmas party – with a great understanding, effective cooperation, perfect communication and in awesome moods.  In this moment it became obvious to me – it is the way how software should be developed. Ever.