Friday (ថ្ងៃសុក្រ), both in
Khmer and in most Romance Languages convey the same meaning as the "day of
Venus". In Cambodia, Friday marks the end of the work week for most
of the foreign companies and organizations.
While you may think of wearing your lovely jeans with your
favorite T-Shirt and sneakers on Friday, something even better than
"Casual Friday" happens inside the iLab SEA. Friday is the day
where each of us shows off and surprises everyone with our new and improved
features that we worked on that week.
On Friday afternoons, people are not working on adding new
functionalities to their software products. Instead, they are preparing
necessary data for the features they are going to present, running all the unit
tests, testing LCD projector and when they think they are ready, people just
relax and have fun before the 4pm show time.
Usually most of the participants are internal, so it is
important to keep the presentations as short and informal as possible while
still showing the team your progress. We all love to impress others with
the most interesting part of what we've created while also getting feedback and
validations before the tool goes live.
In order for us to "fail fast and learn quickly",
we do these meetings on a weekly basis. It's important for us to learn what we
did right and wrong each week so that we don't work blindly and limit the
product to our personal assumptions only to have someone else see it and
express their disappointment. This practice is one of the best parts of
the Agile software
development process.
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By continuing to practice Friday demos, we can improve our
products while simultaneously learning about our team productivity and
velocity. Sharing like this is an important part of building the team's
confidence as each of us needs to stand up to the crowd and proudly talk and
share our expertise and experience so that we are more prepared for the next
challenging journey ahead.
What does Friday mean to you and in your company? Have
you done any interesting activity in Friday?
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