implements by architecture.
Even if you have an architectural phase, it's worth implementing by feature, implementing only what you need in the architecture for each feature, and integrating as you proceed. If you implement by feature and integrate as each little piece works (several times a day, or at least once a day), you have continuous integration. Continuous integration provides you immediate feedback about your or your team's progress, which eliminates 90 Percent Done.
Summary
Project managers have several ways to stop 90 Percent Done or even eliminate it entirely. If you don't stop 90 Percent Done, you'll end up with a death-march project-and no one wants that. Knowing your real status frees you and the team to make great decisions and not have a project that doesn't end because you're caught in the 90 Percent Done schedule game.
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About the author
Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” helps organizational leaders see problems and risks in their product development. She helps them recognize potential “gotchas,” seize opportunities, and remove impediments. Johanna was the Agile 2009 conference chair. She is the technical editor for Agile Connection and the author of these books:
- Manage Your Job Search
- Hiring Geeks That Fit
- Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
- The 2008 Jolt Productivity award-winning Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
- Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management
- Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets and Science of Hiring Technical People
Johanna is working on a book about agile program management. She writes columns for Stickyminds.com and projectmanagementcom and blogs on her website, jrothman.com, as well on createadaptablelife.com.
