10.3 Distribute Information

 

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10.3 Distribute Information The process of making relevant information available to project stakeholders as planned.   Simple Version: Publishing and sending project information to stakeholders.
PMI	Agile PMBOK, Agile Difference, Comment
Inputs Project management plan Performance reports Organizational process assets   Tools and Techniques Communication methods Information distribution tools   Outputs Organizational process assets updates	Inputs Project management plan Release / Iteration Plans Performance reports Organizational process assets Velocity and Defect stats   Tools and Techniques Communication methods Information distribution tools Yesterday’s Weather Online Collaboration Tools   Outputs Organizational process assets updates Big Visible Charts   Project information should be available via “Push” and “Pull” mechanisms. Information like status reports should be “pushed” out to stakeholders and a regular basis (weekly). Information should also be published where people can go and see it if the are ever looking for more details. Big Visible Charts (information radiators) are large graphs tracking project data (velocity, burn up, burn down, cumulative flow diagrams, defect stats, project budget remaining, etc) displayed in prominent places so people cannot help but notice them. Online collaboration tools are good ways of publishing information so that people who are remote from the team can visit the site and view the project information. Yesterday’s Weather is the idea that we use experience as an indicator for today’s likely performance. If we completed 30 Story Points last week, using 30 points as a likely estimate for progress this week, probably holds more merit that the 45 points per week we had estimated at the beginning of the project.