What industries outside of IT can Agile be used?

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Marvin Pough Business Analyst/ Project Manager| 22nd Century Technologies East Point, Ga, United States

I am wondering outside of IT and automotive what industries would Agile be used. I am attempting to how it applies to Construction and other industries.

Posted: Oct 25, 2017 11:27 AM

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Anonymous

Oct 25, 2017 2:02 PM

Replying to Kiron Bondale

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Marvin -

Agile principles can be applied within almost any industry but agile methodologies are usually tied to specific industries.

For example, having customers/business people and team members working closely together on a daily basis can apply to almost any type of project assuming willingness and availability.

If we look at a key benefit of agile which is early and regular delivery of business value, then a construction project could be delivered in an incremental rather than a "big bang" format so long as critical architecture/design decisions were made early, and there was the ability to evolve design elements over the life of the project.

Kiron

Kiron

You said "a construction project could be delivered in an incremental rather than a "big bang" format" --- well this is MIGHT BE true in some cases but not likely. If we have a project to build incrementaly, those increment could take weeks or months (not 2 or 4 weeks increment like most Agile Principles).

Remember, the Agile Manifesto and Principles are about delivering working products. Can you imagine a school, hospital, residential building, office towers, etc. being built one room at a time?

Posted: Oct 27, 2017 2:38 AM

Anonymous

All,

Unfortunately, many continue to make the mistake of confusing agile, as in agility, flexibility, etc. versus Agile Methods such as Scrum and other to deliver products. Agility can be used in any industry and for anything as Sergio said ---- However, Agile, as a Product Delivery Method is limited in use to Software and some other projects that could be done in short increments.

I challenge anyone to give an example (REAL WORLD) of how to deliver a refinery, powerplant, office tower, a hospital, or a school using the Agile Methods concepts of "workable value-added products in short-term increments" ... even a house.

Again watch out for the basics:
1. Do not confuse increments with phasing a project where each phase could take many weeks or months to complete.
2. Keep in mind, we are not talking about design, scoping or building only; Agile related methods are about delivering value-added, working products, handed over to the customer.

Posted: Oct 27, 2017 2:44 AM (Updated by author: Oct 27, 2017 2:47 AM)

Sante Delle-Vergini, PhD Senior Project Manager| Infosys Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Well said Mounir.

Posted: Oct 27, 2017 3:35 AM

Anonymous

Thank you Sante

This post and a few like it that I was reading today, have triggered this blog article: http://blog.sukad.com/20171027/can-we-use-...uction-project/

I am looking for someone to challenge what I wrote, let us have some educational fun.

Posted: Oct 27, 2017 4:02 AM (Updated by author: Oct 27, 2017 4:04 AM)

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