Bhavin Shukla

I am an Agile enthusiast who is always on the lookout for new challenges in Implementing Agile practices in various technlogy areas. I started off with Agile in 2010 with software development project using .Net, C# and C++ at Cerner Healthcare getting a chance to implement most of the scrum practices like daily standups, sprint planning, release planning, demos, retros for the first time and getting an extensive experience of XP practices like paried programming, continuous Integration through Hudson/Jenkins, small releases etc.

Having around 12+ years of IT experience and 5 years into Agile hasn't fulfilled my appetiate and I am exploring Agile implementation in Data warehouse and Business Intelligence projects today which are a bit different from typical Java/.net projects. I consider myself lucky to have an exposure working aross Waterfall, Iterative, RUP & agile methodologies as an analyst, developer, designer, architect, test engineer, build & release engineer, project manager, process consultant, scrum master and now finally an agile coach from 2003 till now. Everyday, I strive to leverage all the past experience into being a better solution provider either as a scrum master or agile coach or a delivery manager trying to understand pain points not just from scrum teams but also delivery, cost & timeline impediments from the management while trying to transparently articulate to bridge this gap between the business and the delivery teams. I just do not live one role each day and firmly believe this flexibility is the first step toward bringing agility in the way we work at office or home.

Agility in my experience has never been about process implementation but always about mindset change bringing in better collaboration, transparency and trust that delivers. Tools, processes, technology are just enablers based on the kind of solution/technology stack we are looking for and based on what the project costs the business. We got to leverage agile practices to ensure we take the most benefit of these decisions and the team feels empowered. Agile for me is something that unearths the unpredictability part of software development and that's what ensures we fail early than having a big bang failure.

Agility, is how we live our lives - with trust, honesty and openness.!