Managing Agile Projects

Summary

A shared vision is crucial to project success. Building shared vision on a project involves sharing and melding individual mental models to build a common aspiration and identity. The Guiding Vision practice helps agile managers build this shared vision and influence and direct team behavior by keeping team members aligned and working toward its common purpose. The Guiding Vision is an aggregate of three component visions—team vision, project vision, and product vision—and can be created through a combination of leadership activities (evolve a team vision, align the team, envision a bold future, and create and maintain shared expectations) and management activities (discover business outcomes, clearly delineate scope, estimate level of ...