Once a project is in motion, there are many things that can slow it down. Here are the most common project jams to watch for:
1. “Feature creep”
2. Project agreement changes
3. Poor team dynamics
4. Multi-tasking
5. Over-scheduling people’s time (for example, setting up a schedule where team members are working more than 60 hours per week for more than two weeks)
6. Inefficient business processes that the team must use to create their interim deliverables
7. Chaotic work environments“Feature Creep”
This is the disease of “we can make it better.” There comes a time in every project when it’s time to silence the engineer in your head and finish the project. To make decisions about suggested feature changes, use what is called a change impact matrix. Also, freeze the design of the product or service, including the set of features, at a specified time in the project. The earlier this is done, the faster your project will move. Save your future feature ideas as upgrade possibilities for later versions of the product or service.
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