What do you think when you hear the word 'discipline'?
Thomas WalentaGlobal Project Economy ExpertHackenheim, Germany
Wikipedia defines
'Discipline is action or inaction that is regulated to be in accordance (or to achieve accord) with a particular system of governance.'
PMI acquired 'Disciplined Agile' and they define discipline as 'to do things that you know are good for you, things that usually require hard work and perseverance', adding several other descriptors and stating 7 principles of DA. Saving Changes...
Alexandre CostaScrum Master| Integer Consulting - Pictet technologiesLoures, Portugal
Thomas,
As a former military leader , at first sight discipline to me means order, following the rules, make the team act as one. In other perspective could mean be coherent in our actions, be organized, have a set of prepared choices to solve any problem be self-discipline. But discipline doesn't means losing creativity, capabilities of adapting or improve the processes or even improvise.
In the end discipline is to be capable to have a set o coherent ideas, and adapt this ideas when necessary to the daily challenges maintaining the principles of organization, rules, cooperation to obtain better results.
Alexandre Saving Changes...
Deepesh RammoorthyICT Project Manager ( PMP®AgilePM®Certified ScrumMaster® (CSM®))| Australian Red Cross Blood ServiceTarneit, Vic, Australia
I see "Discipline" as a word made of " Disciple" ..... a Follower, and "in" - as in Inside or Within.
So it's habit or a repeatable process , that a "follower" has "in" them.
Just noticed that Stephane had a similar view :) Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
First of all, if we take the defintion of discipline from the dictionary, then you will find the defintion has level insde the defintion. The point is people people grow up with one of those levels as the driver for their understanding then the perception could be into that direction. Second, to understand DA it could be good to take a look to Crystal Clear (written by Allistar Cockburn). Both are closely related in the spirit. On the other side, the defintion you wrote assigned to DA has to be review in the framework of DA and not taken "as-is". For example the word "good" and the word "you". Saving Changes...
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