The Spiderman Challenge: an alternative interpretation
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I believe this misunderstanding lies at the core of some of the problems I’ve seen with teams and companies which describe themselves as “already Agile”, yet don’t seem to be reaping the full benefits of what Agile can deliver for them. While incremental means moving through the plan in as organised a fashion as possible, always moving forward towards a finish line known in advance. Iterative also implies being able to change direction, to pivot if necessary. I believe that what these teams are describing is not iterative development at all, but rather incremental development! If the plan has been worked out in advance then surely the key concept of iteration – of going back over something which you have previously built in order to improve and build on top of it – is missing. Once we built something and it is done-done, we move onto the next thing in the backlog.”
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Lately I’ve been hearing this a lot at companies where I am consulting: “Yes, of course we are Agile: we first work out the plan of what we are going to deliver and how, build and scope-out a full backlog, and then move forward through that backlog in short iterations. I believe the real lesson is one that addresses a common misconception I have been noticing: the lack of understanding of the differences between iterative and incremental ways of working. I believe the main lesson from the video is not “clients should give creative teams the time needed to fully realise their ideas.”
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Which would make the client or end user reassured that their idea is understood by the team and has a chance of being implemented as envisioned? Which of these would enable the development team to gain feedback about their product quickly, without investing a lot of time or effort into it? Which of these images looks most like Spiderman, and thus have the most “shippable value”?