Thursday, July 25, 2013

Impediments ( or symptoms of) - Montreal Class July 2013

Below is a list of ‘failure modes’ for projects, as identified via the experience (in waterfall, whatever, agile or scrum) by the people in the Montreal July 2013 class.  These are not in priority order.  They might suggest certain impediments to add to the list for your team.

Lack of communication

Too many impediments

Not responsive to change

Scope creep

No (or different) work approach

Too much indirect communication

No budget

Bad (or lack of) leadership

Poor quality

Too much process

Toxic teammate

No access to client

Too much documentation

Too many meetings

No teamwork (individual work silos)

Change in requirements

No Org support

Unsatisfied customer (at the end)

No vision

Unclear requirements

Delivered late

Too little experience in Team

Lack of planning

Unrealistic timelines

No fun

Lack of consistency

Hidden agendas

Lone wolves

Switching team members

Micro-managing

Too many chiefs

Over-work

No Buy-in

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