1. What Agile Development Is In the traditional software development model, the cycle from raising a requirement to final delivery is long. The waterfall model proceeds through six steps: requirements analysis, design, coding, integration, testing, and maintenance. Once a requirement changes, the work invested earlier is not only wasted but also hard to adjust.

1. Consistent Understanding In a large organization, we can think of a small team as a microservice. As early as 1967, Conway proposed the concept of the microservice. Conway argued that any organization designing a system will deliver a design whose structure is consistent with that organization’s communication structure. When developing complex systems, we usually split the system into modules.

1. What I Am Thinking About At a big company, you get more opportunities to learn about industry trends and take part in industry change. A large platform does not run on the strength of one person or a few people. If it really could, it would not deserve to be called a large platform.

The team I work with is building a ToB product that has considerable influence in its vertical. This article is a review of key events for the team, and also contains some personal reflections. 1. Be the Best in a Familiar Setting On the internet there is far too much shoddy content, and products that win broad attention and influence are few and far between.

This mainly records analysis methods. 1. Strategic Analysis McKinsey’s Seven-Step Problem-Solving Method State the problem Analyze the problem Prioritize Lay out a detailed work plan Perform key analyses Synthesize results and build a structured conclusion Tell the story 2. Recognizing the Problem Most problems are a failure to recognize the problem — unknown unknowns.