Chapter 5. Guiding Vision
A shared vision is not an idea . . . it is, rather, a force in people's hearts, a force of impressive power.
—Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline
Along with scope creep and weak sponsorship, lack of a clear vision and strategy repeatedly present among the top reasons for project failure. The symptoms of ill-defined project vision—disagreement about project outcomes, mismanaged and unmet expectations, and poor team alignment—are easy to recognize. In this chapter, we explore ways that agile managers can facilitate the formation of a guiding vision that influences and directs team behavior by keeping team members aligned and working toward a common purpose.
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