A C Bharath and Sreeanand Chandran
Agile has gained rapid interest in recent times. Software development industry is exploring the utilization of Agile development approaches in current competitive environment because of its better communication and coordination to get the Project completed. The outcome of these communication and coordination are fully with the hands of good leadership qualities. This leadership qualities & abilities are delivered via good Scrum Masters (SM) & Product Owners (PO) and play vital role in implementation & getting successful outcome among the Agile teams which are self-directed and considered one of the most valuable assets of the project. We derive a leaf out of Bhagavad Gita towards the mark of a Leader. It Says “Wherever whenever there is the decay of dharma (Righteous way), O Bharata, And there is the exaltation of unrighteousness, then I Myself come forth;” And similarly, in an Agile Scenario “Whenever there’s an impediment / process support / Risk / Issue arises, the leader over there emerges in and gives guidance to the team, for them to resolve it and move forward” In Agile Manifesto, the primary view states that agile projects should focus on individuals and interactions over processes and tools. This requires the team leads to be collaborative and embrace the concept of whole-team responsibility and commitment. Factors that influence teamwork quality such as team orientation, team leadership, and coordinating good specialized skilled resource management for achieving team effectiveness. Leadership related best practices comes from different school of thought ranging from ranging from stone ages, the medieval period, the Indian kingdom, and current Politics. And most importantly the root of Leadership started from the Stone Ages, where the Human was close to Nature. Research work is planned here is aimed with studying various aspects of the nature, Animal Kingdom which has got a natural way of leadership and how this could address the challenges faced in the current Leadership styles, how they could be addressed with the best practices from the Natural phenomena. At-last, the proposal from this paper are, an outcome of research, experience, numerous discussions about leadership perspectives from Nature to Nurture, where those can be applied to understand individual and collective leadership progress in agile with a hope it provides a preliminary base for future research on agility leadership.
Leadership, Nature, Animal Kingdom, Eagle, Piranha, Ant, Tortoise, Chameleons Nurture