{"id":2555,"date":"2021-12-13T11:17:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T11:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/?p=2555"},"modified":"2022-11-05T01:21:22","modified_gmt":"2022-11-05T01:21:22","slug":"same-words-different-meanings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/13\/same-words-different-meanings\/","title":{"rendered":"Same Agile words, very different Waterfall meanings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When a bike puncture is fixed or a broken bone is fully healed, one would normally expect the problem to be solved once and for all.<br>Where for a healthy diet or a fit body, one would normally expect to put in a repeated effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>What&#8217;s the underlying difference?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 1st instance <meta charset=\"utf-8\">appears to be a one-off exceptional event that nudged a system out of its stable state. And the fix put it back in place.<br>The 2nd instance appears to be a status of dynamic equilibrium that require a continuous and ongoing effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays that modern ways of working (Agil-ity) are mainstream, so is its terminology. But people often refer to the same words with very different meanings. Some with the 1st &#8220;one-off&#8221; instance in mind, someone else with the 2nd &#8220;continuous &amp; ongoing&#8221; instance in mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is a possible explanation for the persisting confusion and different views around terms like <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>collaboration, <\/li><li>knowledge sharing, <\/li><li>code design, <\/li><li>UX\/CX design, <\/li><li>refactoring, <\/li><li>test automation, <\/li><li>continuous integration, <\/li><li>release automation, <\/li><li>planning, <\/li><li>change management, <\/li><li>transformation,<\/li><li> \u2026<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>How do you think about them, as &#8220;one-off&#8221; or &#8220;continuous &amp; ongoing&#8221;?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking a fun angle, have a look at this Agile Theatre Naming Convention below.<br>Am I missing something important?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1484\" height=\"1166\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agile-Theatre-Naming-Convention-v3.png\" alt=\"Agile Theatre Naming Convention v3\" class=\"wp-image-2576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agile-Theatre-Naming-Convention-v3.png 1484w, https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agile-Theatre-Naming-Convention-v3-600x471.png 600w, https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/Agile-Theatre-Naming-Convention-v3-768x603.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><figcaption>Agile Theatre Naming Convention (v3)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>In this image, Theatre is intended as a representation of a fictional reality aimed at hiding the reality itself, and preserving it as it is from any chance of change.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On this topic Ayan Chakraborty shared with me this pertinent quote:<br><br>&lt;&lt; <em>What\u2019s in a name? That which we call a rose\/ By any other name would smell as sweet.<\/em> &gt;&gt;<br>from Romeo &amp; Juliet by Shakespeare.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"420\" height=\"339\" src=\"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/boost.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2044\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"text-ads\">\n\t<h3>Boost your Agile to a whole new level of mastery.<\/h3>\n\t<p>\n\t<br>\n\tSee how we can help.\n\t<br>\n\tYou, your team, your organisation.\n\t<br>\n\t<br>\n\t<\/p>\n\n\t<div class=\"local-scroll\">\n\t\t<a href=\"\/coaching.html#one_session\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" btn elastic-btn-mod btn-mod btn-dark btn-medium btn-round\" onclick=\"ga('send','event','Blog agile-ads','Click one_session button','Virtual Mentoring');\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tVirtual Mentoring\n\t\t<\/a> \n\t\t<a href=\"\/coaching.html#assessments\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"btn elastic-btn-mod btn-mod btn-dark btn-medium btn-round\" onclick=\"ga('send','event','Blog agile-ads','Click assessments button','Virtual Assessments');\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\n\t\tVirtual Assessments\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One-off Vs continuous &#038; ongoing, real-life Vs theatre act<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2558,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lean-agile"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2555"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2976,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2555\/revisions\/2976"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.smharter.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}