Shuhari roughly translates to “first learn, then detach, and finally transcend.”
Yesterday November 26th I attended Converge Bangalore. It was a great event. Check out tweets with hashtag #ConvergeBangalore. This talk covered various ways we stay ahead to create solutions whose needs are just coming above the horizons.
I started off with talking how your software is NOT the product. However, when we put the Software in a context of a Problem / Opportunity, identify / establish a Ecosystem, find a Product – Market Fit, identify the Early Adopters, Value Prop for Early Adopters and decide on the Success / Failure Metrics. Adding to this are Services that enable Adoption, Usability and the Ecosystem. This is when software takes form of a Product / Solution.
I often put is as:
Solution = (Software + Service) * Context
Shuhari
The talked about concept of Shu-ha-ri (Learn – Digress – Transcend) and linked it to the evolution of creating software to solution and propose what the next step will be.
Shu / Learn
- Imbibe Rules
- Follow Practices
- Understand
- Underlying Principles
Ha / Digress
- Understand Vision
- Bend Rules
- Question
- Underlying Principles
Ri / Transcend
- Upgrade Vision
- New Rules
- New
- Underlying Principles
Evolution of Product
While the day talked about moving from Software to Solution, I proposed that Solution was a Ha / Digress of Software. To Ri / Transcend, we should move to Working Business Model. This is the ultimate state of a software.
While Solution is beneficial for a client/customer, a Working Business Model is beneficial for the organization itself. Only a organization that can sustain itself can continue to provide solution.
Misc
SpeakerDeck: Shuhari – Learn – Digress – Transcend
SlideShare: Shuhari – Learn – Digress – Transcend
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/embed/IIUqtds1G1w
Know more about Shuhari: ShuHaRi Japanese Learning System – Makigami Info
Also comments by Martin Fowler’s comments on Shuhari and this book: Agile Software Development: Alistair Cockburn
