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Waiting for something or someone is one of the most annoying things in life. I’m sure all of you have faced such situation in a real life. How about waiting nervously till your examination results arrive? How about waiting for your fiancé or fiancée to come and meet you? And how about waiting till you get your increment or promotion? Strenuous and frustrating isn’t it? It just eats you away minute-by-minute, day-by-day fretting away at what might just be a risky unknown.
Well, waiting is a common thing. May it be personal life or even when executing software development projects. This is no difference even in a change-driven Agile project. In Agile terms, waiting is the result of an impediment of any shape or form.
So what is an impediment?
The dictionary definition of an impediment is ‘a hindrance or an obstruction to doing something’. In Agile terms, an impediment is ‘anything that is slowing down the team’. In PMP terms, an impediment is ‘any kind of issue’. An impediment simply makes an Agile team wait!!
So, what can make an Agile team wait?
An Agile team may end up waiting for
Above are just some reasons while a team may get blocked from achieving their objectives. It will stop them from getting things ‘Done’ which finally affects their velocity.
So what should you do with the thing that makes you wait? Let’s take a look at it next!!
Making the ‘wait’ visible
A core concept in Agile is to make everything transparent and visible. We achieve this mainly by showing things in the information radiator (or our scrum board) or by discussing things during the scrum ceremonies. Here are a few things that you can do to make the ‘wait’ visible.
Making the ‘wait’ worthwhile
It’s all good to identify and highlight impediments as explained above. Action or steps to find solutions for these impediments will take some time. In software development, a minute wasted may result in delays in project timelines that may have detrimental consequences on time, cost, and scope. So, how can you make the wait worthwhile?
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Conclusion
Impediments and wait is an inevitable thing in Agile projects. It is up to the team members to identify the best way to identify, record, manage, update and resolve impediments. Agile principles and values provides guidance on what needs to happen but it is up to the team to ascertain what works well for the team while ‘waiting’.
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