Mike Hall to the point article about similarity between content switching and parallel development. Parallel Development is working multiple projects or features at the same time. Parallel Development has, unfortunately, become commonplace in industry and accepted as the default standard way of organizing work.
We have more work than people. Thus, our people need to be good enough to work multiple projects and show good progress on all of them.
There are many disadvantages to Parallel Development including:
- Delayed delivery of business value
- High cost of context switching
- Inefficient work model
- Low employee morale
The good news is this: there is a better way! Serial Development is when the Agile team focuses on a single project and single feature at a time. Well written, to learn more follow the link below!
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