Question

A newly appointed business sponsor on your agile project comes from a traditional predictive background. She repeatedly asks for a detailed Gantt chart covering the next 12 months and expresses discomfort with the iterative delivery approach, saying she cannot report progress to executives without fixed dates. What is the BEST way for the project manager to support this stakeholder?

Accepted Answer

Mentor the sponsor by explaining agile metrics and inviting her to reviews so she learns how to track and report incremental value

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Create a detailed 12-month Gantt chart to satisfy her request and avoid further conflict

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Escalate to the executive team so they can direct the sponsor to accept the agile approach

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Ask the team to prepare traditional status reports in parallel with the agile artifacts