From the course: Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards
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Retrofitting
From the course: Agile at Work: Reporting with Agile Charts and Boards
Retrofitting
- I once worked for an organization that had a long history of traditional project management. They maintained a template library for every report. It represented decades of work. It was a gift from previous project managers. The charter template was so old that it included an explanation of email. I remember it said, this charter can be redistributed using the newer electronic message format. It was a great resource. A new project manager could plug in the templates and immediately get to work. Everybody knew what to use, and everybody knew what to expect. But this library ended up being an obstacle for the team. For traditional project managers, these resources are tough to abandon. What often happens is an organization will try to retrofit the documents to make them more agile. It's important to avoid retrofitting your documents to make them more agile. Instead, create new documents. If you can, use existing agile…
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