Adjusting Project Deadlines
Explore how to adjust project deadlines in Agile by analyzing burn-down charts, scaling teams appropriately, and applying the Theory of Constraints to eliminate bottlenecks. Understand practical steps to improve workflow efficiency, manage scope, and increase productivity without necessarily increasing costs.
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An Agile project can make timely adjustments based on the burn-down and burn-up charts. When extrapolating that the burn-down doesn’t result in the desired date, one can decide to adjust the method used in the project. This usually happens during iteration evaluation. Either the deadline of the project is shifted, or the scope is adjusted. Sometimes the composition of the team changes. Many projects choose to expand the team.
After two iterations of a project, it had already become clear that the speed achieved was insufficient to meet the deadline. The team produced an average of 25 points per iteration, while 35 were needed. ...