The Importance of Detailed Planning
Thursday, May 13, 2010
I recently wrote on The Importance of Precise Estimates. This is a related topic.
Mark Levison called my attention to an article by Michael Hugos subtitled ‘Agile projects require more planning and coordinating than waterfall projects‘ on CIO.com. In this article he advocates answering the question, “Has the scope of any project task changed?” at every daily standup. He uses this information to update a detailed Gantt chart to provide to senior management. In Michael’s words,
It also gives senior managers who are not on the project (but who are still ultimately responsible for what happens) the information they need to feel comfortable. And that saves project team members from being distracted by endless management questions and misplaced advice (and nothing kills agility faster than endless management questions and misplaced advice…).
Michael, in LOLspeak, “Ur doin it wrong.” (Continued)