Forever a Balancing Act

It amazes me how many times an organization has to adjust itself in order to stay in alignment. Business needs seem to change rapidly and seemingly hit both sides of the pendulum. On one side, features rein king. Without this particular feature, x is not possible. On the other side, Customer Support needs better documentation, more responsiveness to customer feedback, etc. With limited resources, decisions have to be made as to which feature or task wins.

Now comes the agile part. A commandment which states all else takes a back seat. However, without this ability to alter course rapidly, certain business opportunities are lost or severly delayed. I don't believe in forever shifting tasks to accomodate potential business opportunities, but some opportunities need to be taken advantage of or the business suffers overall.

This is where we have found ourselves over the last few weeks (task prioritization). I've been watching the business side (specifically Anthony Nettuno our COO) and I'm glad to say things are going well. Nothing is without its problems, but if everything was easy none of us would have jobs.