Our journey in discovering how our core convictions relate to the Agile methodology continues. We evaluated our core conviction “Passion: Commitment to our clients” to determine if it aligned with Agile. Our first step is understanding the true definition of “Passion”. According to dictionary.com, passion is any powerful or compelling emotion or feeling. We researched the origin of the word (https://www.etymonline.com/word/passion) and found the following from Late Latin passionem (nominative passio) "suffering, enduring," from past-participle stem of Latin pati “to endure, undergo, experience," a word of uncertain origin. The notion is "that which must be endured.” We realized “Passion” is…
The TriYoung teams’ journey in discovering how our core convictions relate to the Agile methodology continues. We evaluated our core conviction “Integrity: Deliver on your promises” to determine if it aligned with the Agile methodology. As we have done when examining the last two core convictions, we first wanted to understand the meaning of the word “integrity”. It is best defined as having character quality of being honest, reliable and fair. Our team and clients need to continuously interact, collaborate and trust each other. We also must deliver on our promises by providing clear focus which articulates the promise we…