Agile Career Projects

Agile Career Projects (hereinafter, the Lectio) is the second lesson part of the Career Endeavors lesson that introduces its participants to career projects and related topics.

WorldOpp Pipeline

This lesson belongs to the Introduction to Careers session of the CNM Cyber Orientation. The Orientation is the second stage of the WorldOpp Pipeline.

Content

The predecessor lectio is Career Waterfalls.

Key terms

Agile career project.

• Agile methodology. A product development framework that is based on development of deliverable increments in frequent iterations based on evolving requirements. This project administration approach is founded on developing the deliverable in frequent iterations based on the requirements that evolve based on the results of previous iterations. The Agile methodology is characterized by frequent reassessment and adaptation of initial objectives. Instead of once-defined projects in the Waterfall model, the Agile methodology encourages continuous re-definition based on continuous feedback. This feature makes the Agile methodology instrumental in those developments that are as inherently unpredictable as most of the career projects are.

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  Iterative development

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  Sprint

Script

With regard to career projects, an Agile methodology is the approach of developing the result in frequent iterations based on the requirements that evolve based on the results of previous iterations.

In Agile career projects, the results of each iteration shall be used to setup objectives for other iterations. So, instead of one huge and costly project without clear understanding of its outcome, the Agile methodology offers many smaller trials and, sometimes, fails in order to clarify objectives while on the way.

Let's add some real life example; just the name is changed to preserve the privacy. Meet Mary, who decided to become an accountant. She was enrolled into the accounting program at the college. After the first semester, she started looking for a job of an entry-level bookkeeper. Mary started volunteering as a bookkeeper to test whether accounting is her vocation. She put her hands on something she dreamed about and had a feeling whether she wants to continue or do something that in the Agile methodology is called "pivot."

Later, Mary was promoted to a managerial position and changed her college major. In 4 years, she had a 4-year degree, 3 years of experience and an actual job.

The Agile methodology is characterized by frequent reassessment and adaptation of previous objectives. Instead of once-defined requirements in the Waterfall model, the Agile methodology encourages continuous re-definition based on continuous feedback. This feature makes the Agile methodology instrumental in those developments that are as inherently unpredictable as most of the career projects are.

Job Search Map is the successor lectio.

Questions

Lectio quiz

The answer is recorded for the lectio completion purpose:

• Is the concept of Agile career project explained well? --Yes/No/I'm not sure/Let me think/Let's move on