Reducing waste, managing scope, and communicating progress

In this closing section, we will explore how to get a handle on a program's scope of work for the PI, reduce duplicate work, and effectively communicate delivery status. We will begin with the popular Work Tree view, which has helped numerous organizations address these challenges. We'll then examine two reports, program increment progress and scope change, functionality for splitting features, and finally, the PI and release vehicle roadmaps. Together, these tools help ensure effective program-level execution.

Work tree

In the last chapter, we saw the benefits of real-time work status updates in the work view roadmap and program board. Another important visualization for real-time information is the work tree, which has the added benefit of showing how work items connect to one another from top to bottom and bottom-up. It is an important tool for analyzing work across the organization with an eye toward reducing...