Shu Ha Ri in Agile

Many of us have already started adopting Agile Methodogies in our working Project. It has proven upon the years one can lean to these processes to improve the Organisation Process Standards, End Product Quality within Deadlines and more importantly an collaborative approach by Product Owners to Development Team to Management Team to Quality Team and Release Team. So Success is the keyword and responsiblity of every person for the respective roles and finally Build accepted by Customer is big acheivement to whole team in all respect.

As we see Agile processes, one of the word that made to write this article is the word "Shu Ha Ri". This is a Japanese Martial Art Term/Approach which is a Displined Learning and Progression of Yourself to Master a Skill.

In other words, it relates you to learning any new Art,Feature, Technology or Methodogy. Here, while you start to learn it is phased into three parts to understand your Progression. Three phases are

Shu(守): Protect: Absorb and Repeat it.This phase will ensure you learn the fundamentals efficiently.

Ha(破): Sever: Possess the knowledge and Teach others along with learning in due process

Ri(離): Transcend: Apply fundamentals and solve the issue using possessed Knowledge/ Design Thinking

When we talk about Agility, we practice and Technologies getting more closer to us day by day, I think as a Individual and as Scrum Team “Learning” is everyday food. This ancient technique will help Individual to experiment and evolve to integrate new thoughts or ideas to Design or Problem Solving which resonates according to Project Needs. Happy Learning guys!

How many of you guys heards this technique before and applied in your life and let me know did it really work?