Agile and Systems Engineering in a same bed
People who have experience in software industry and have been interested in Systems Engineering (SE) concepts might have thought about this: applying so-called "Agile" development method into the conventional SE field. Having this kind of mindset, I have got a little confused while I have been learning a little bit of SE processes in a master program in SE, where iterative process, which I had considered was a key concept in Agile or any other flexible, rapid development models, is an archair tactic in SE as well.
I found an insightful discussion on Systems Engineering community on Linkedin where SE gurus gather.
http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=67221&item=55820650&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn
Dominant opinion for me is Agile is nothing but a rehash of Lean Production, 6 Sigma, or Lockheed-Martin's Skunk Works. Hmm, even though those people might not be too well familiar with software industry in which area Agile has been even hotter, but I feel they hit the right point (although I haven't been familiar with those SE concepts - they are in my opinion a little too much for a master student with almost no background in SE).
Now if I still dare to try differentiating Agile from those similar concepts above, Agile might be still unique in that it consists of very short term iteration; 1 week or so, and that it still requires many stake holders to get involved in the peer review per iteration. But yeah, basically I can now regard Agile as it's just as a tailored style into software centric development.
I found an insightful discussion on Systems Engineering community on Linkedin where SE gurus gather.
http://www.linkedin.com/groupItem?view=&srchtype=discussedNews&gid=67221&item=55820650&type=member&trk=eml-anet_dig-b_pd-ttl-cn
Dominant opinion for me is Agile is nothing but a rehash of Lean Production, 6 Sigma, or Lockheed-Martin's Skunk Works. Hmm, even though those people might not be too well familiar with software industry in which area Agile has been even hotter, but I feel they hit the right point (although I haven't been familiar with those SE concepts - they are in my opinion a little too much for a master student with almost no background in SE).
Now if I still dare to try differentiating Agile from those similar concepts above, Agile might be still unique in that it consists of very short term iteration; 1 week or so, and that it still requires many stake holders to get involved in the peer review per iteration. But yeah, basically I can now regard Agile as it's just as a tailored style into software centric development.
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