Mom: How is it going in lockdown?

Me: Its tough, trying to be safe, office work and cooking and cleaning, its getting hectic.

Mom: Why don’t you clean utensils after everymeal and clean big utensils post dinner, and clean house on weekends or in spare time only.

Above suggestions changed my thought process, as I was applying the same way in my office work. I have been working on Agile Projects, but was not quite sure of real life application.

In Agile you prepare small deliverables, review it, change it if required, and switch to next module.

Same way, i saw analogy in my household work, if i clean utensils and house, by the end of the day and clean house by the end of week, it will be huge mess and too much to do (we call this waterfall model in tech industry, which is fruitfull for small stints).

On the other hand, if I clean my plates after every meal and clean my house on twice or thrice a week(small work), i can save lot of effort and energy( converting my work in small modules) saving energy.

This was the first time, i have seen direct application of agile way of working. There can be other real life applications as well, but till then, let’s see.

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