Either by working on an Agile project in a company with a traditional project management office, or by struggling with reporting project status back to the PMO because traditional project measures do not match Agile concepts and practices, I find as an Agile consultant that the biggest impediment in the success of an Agile adoption is the organization itself. In my experience I have come across five different stages of project planners:
- Traditionalist – A project planner that follows the letter of the law of PMI and expects everyone else to do it the same way.
- Receptive Traditionalist – A project planner that seeks comfort in traditional project management but is open to other schools of thought when it makes sense.
- Agile Student – In this beginning stage, the Agile student follows the teachings of one Agile master precisely. He or she focuses on the task, without worrying too much about the underlying theory. If there are multiple variations on how to do the work, he or she concentrates on just the one way he or she knows.
- Agile Practitioner - The Agile student begins to branch out. With the basic practices working, he or she now starts to learn the underlying principles and theory behind Agile. The Agile Practitioner also starts learning from other Agile Practitioners and Masters and integrates that learning into his practice.
- Agile Master - Now the Agile Practitioner isn't learning from other people, but performs his or her practice. He or she creates approaches and adapts what he or she has learned to his or her particular circumstances.
Of the five project planner types listed above, which one do you feel is the biggest impediment to Agile adoption? The Traditionalist project planner. How do you know if you or a person falls into the Traditionalist planner type? To borrow a line from the comedian Jeff Foxworthy, you might be a Traditionalist if:
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