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Agile Chronicles: Can Gantt Charts be Agile?
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Forgive me to start out with since I am a PMP and an old software engineer who has done lots of DoD projects. I have been associated with successful projects that used techniques like 'agile' before they were called 'agile' - even on DoD projects.
The chart you describe and posted here I have heard called a 'horse blanket' chart because it looked like an old Army calvary horse blanket.
Posted by: David Tannen | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 11:27 AM
I suspect that Gantt have the visual appeal of being simple and traditional, but in an agile context I am uncomfortable with their use. There is a very fine line between taking an adaptive approach to project development and a deterministic approach and it is very easy to slip accross that line. The problem I see with a Gantt chart is it tends to reify a set of relationships (in general the relationship of time to granular tasks) that the team needs to work to keep dynamic.
I can understand that a Gantt chart can be used in a manner that is helpful in an agile setting, but I suspect that the risk is greater than I am comfortable with
Posted by: Bill Gonch | Tuesday, May 23, 2006 at 07:26 PM