In the aviation industry, their terminology is universally agreed upon and universally understood. So, whether an Air France Pilot is landing in Warsaw or a Lufthansa Pilot is landing in Denver, the terminology used by the Pilot and ATC is identical.
In the knowledge industry, where the raw material is nothing but ideas & thoughts, it is utmost important that communication is crisp and w/o any corruption.
Why am I thinking about this today?
Because I have been seeing too many scholarly articles for too many years on the subject of
- What is a User Story
- Can Testing Story be treated as a User Story
- Can we assign Story Points for a Bug
- Relation between Epic & User Story
- Common misunderstandings about the role of a Scrum Master
- Confusion between Product Backlog & Sprint Backlog
- Whether Agile is a framework or a methodology or a mindset or yada yada yada.
Sometimes I think Agile WoW is no more Agile Ways of Working; it has become Agile Ways of Wording.
Can you imagine 2 people in *ANY OTHER FIELD* working for 20 years *WITHOUT* having a common language and common understanding about the terms they use on a daily basis?
‘A’gile professionals have managed that unbelievable feat.
Now don’t come after me.
Many actually believe that being “A”gile itself is a profession.
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