7 Agile tracking
“Take actions before things occur.
Manage before things get out of order.
A huge tree grows from a tiny sprout.
A nine-storey-high terrace is built from heaps of earth.
A journey of 1,000 miles begins from the first step. Lao Tzu”
I am often asked about tracking Agile initiatives. For those readers who are part of an Agile team you might ask, ‘What is the problem? We have stand-ups, information radiators, Kanban, burn-ups, co-location. We know what’s going on!’
For other readers, particularly managers and leaders, I have been speaking a foreign language and have not answered their questions: ‘The individual team knows where it is, but where are we in the increment? When will we deliver? What about those not-so-Agile bits I also ...
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