Category: Daily stand-up

Drift happens

February 5, 2008 by cspag

Over the course of long projects (and some short ones too), the shared understanding of the project, release, or even iteration goals can drift. Different team members remember or interpret project aspects differently over time. This drift can result in producing a final product that doesn't satisfy your client's expectations. So how do we counter drift throughout the life of a project? Some say "Write a vision statement and stick it on the wall?". I'm not a big fan of "statements". I think people get lost in them, and statements, over time, can be open to interpretation as well.