Donuts and SAP ALM: The sweet analogy of agile product development for SAP Cloud ALM

Many of us enjoy a freshly baked donut. We not only think of the delicious taste, but also of the shape – a ring. And although you might reflexively think that the article at hand is dealing with the analogy of the outer shape of a donut and the Application Lifecycle Management ring, I will not go into that, but rather into the difference between plan-driven and value-driven development and their problems.
The question of why certain features are still missing from SAP Cloud ALM is particularly interesting. Many customers ask precisely this question: why is this or that feature still not available? I am not trying to defend SAP here, because it could certainly be argued that with more or faster developer resources, some things could be implemented more quickly. But for me, it is more about creating an understanding of the challenges: How do you balance the pressure of customer expectations with long-term vision and quality assurance? This is precisely where the difficulty of combining both stability and flexibility in a plan-driven approach to deliver sustainable value becomes apparent.

 

​ Many of us enjoy a freshly baked donut. We not only think of the delicious taste, but also of the shape – a ring. And although you might reflexively think that the article at hand is dealing with the analogy of the outer shape of a donut and the Application Lifecycle Management ring, I will not go into that, but rather into the difference between plan-driven and value-driven development and their problems.The question of why certain features are still missing from SAP Cloud ALM is particularly interesting. Many customers ask precisely this question: why is this or that feature still not available? I am not trying to defend SAP here, because it could certainly be argued that with more or faster developer resources, some things could be implemented more quickly. But for me, it is more about creating an understanding of the challenges: How do you balance the pressure of customer expectations with long-term vision and quality assurance? This is precisely where the difficulty of combining both stability and flexibility in a plan-driven approach to deliver sustainable value becomes apparent.   Read More Technology Blogs by Members articles 

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