Flexibility is
critical factor to solve problems and tolerate fails of our technical teams. First,
the right understand of what New Product Introduction (NPI) method is and the
importance of his adoption helps to follow formal processes involved with user
needs and technical feasibility. Second, it clear for me that high-tech companies
gave us the notion that satisfy business requirements and be robust against
failure is important just like teamwork and creativity of a younger designer.
If you want to solve a
problem through design, I have a scenario that can illustrate. When I worked
for a semiconductor Design Center in Brazil we reviewed and critiqued the
schedule and product requirements several times with verification team in India
and potential end-users in Mexico. Insights gained from the critique are used
to determine the improvements in development. With these repeated steps, we
reduced scope creep in several projects. Program and Portfolio Managers are
required to simplify and humanize complex problems.
To sum up, the
complexity of the semiconductor design-center company that I worked for makes
me understand that everything starts by the respect for people and continuously
improve of customer’s experience independently of their region of the planet.
In conclusion, Agile principles emphasis that best requirements and designs
emerge from self-organizing teams. The highest priority is to satisfy the
customer through early and continuous delivery of value. Changes of
requirements are welcome, even late in development. Agile harness change for
the customer's competitive advantage.
O Dr. Eder Alves é fundador e principal consultor da PredictON. Possui background acadêmico em Administração de Empresas e Ciência da Computação com áreas de concentração em estratágia empresarial, inovação e gerenciamento de projetos. Adquiriu conhecimentos ao longo da vida universitária em sistemas de tecnologia da informação, gerenciando projetos complexos e programas para empresa globais como IBM e Freescale Semiconductor. É portador das credenciais PMP e Scrum Master Certified.
