The document discusses 'battlefield agility', a methodology aimed at enhancing software development efficiency through teamwork and humane principles. It outlines key principles such as limiting multitasking, ensuring collaboration, and setting time constraints for project features which reportedly lead to faster deliveries and improved quality. The methodology has shown promising results, including a 30% reduction in time to market and a 28% improvement in quality based on field data from multiple clients.

1. Battlefield Agility

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“The rush and the pressure of modern life are a form, perhaps the
most common form, of innate violence.
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting
concerns, to commit oneself to too many projects, to surrender to
too many demands, to want to help everyone in everything is to
succumb to violence. More than that it is cooperation with
violence.
The frenzy of the activist neutralizes his work for peace. It
destroys her inner capacity for peace. It destroys the fruitfulness
of her own work because it kills the root of inner wisdom which
makes work fruitful”
– Thomas Merton

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The Lessons from the War

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Battlefield Agility
 A methodology
designed to make
teams efficient and
goal driven through
use of humane
principles and team
work

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The Methodology
Project Commander
Project Platoon
Features
Project War Map

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Project War Map®

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War Rules
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Find your mate: No troop works on a feature alone. Have at least one
mate with you
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Not > 2: No troop fights more than 2 battles at a time.
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Flag if Stuck: If you are not able to move forward on a feature, report
to Project Commander® immediately.
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Not > 3: Each attack party should not have more than 3 troops at a time.
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Feature <=4: Each Feature should not take more than 4 work days to win.
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Stop not till win: Don't withdraw from a feature unless you have won.
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Minimize Loss: Not > 2 Lost features in a month.

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The guidance for Battlefield Agility

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Kaizen
 Good
Change
 Continuous
 “Eliminate
Improvement
Waste to get more efficiencies”

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The Kaizen Cycle
Plan
Act
Do
Check
Problem
Finding
Clear
Display
Acknowledge

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The Fish! Philosophy
Play!
Choose
Your
Attitude
Make
Their
Day
Be
There

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Key Benefits reported
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A focused approach to software development as development proceeds
through small battles to be won
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Reduced multitasking and better efficiency of team members
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Faster deliveries as the work is divied to right sized battles to be won
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Parallel efforts by team members ensure the time to market is significantly
lesser
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Less process overhead as the collaboration is real time and more time is spent
on the ground than on meetings
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Small teams ensure close camaraderie and collaboration among team
member
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The team can even work on disparate work areas ( if required) in order to make
best us of their expertise

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Field Data available till now
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3 clients ( 6 months)
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Reduction in time to market -30% (Average)
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Improvement in Quality – 28% (Average)
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5 Project Platoons ( Total size:75 troops)
Reduction in Feature throughput time- 43%
More results awaited…

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