n project management there’s a great deal of discussion on creating a communicat

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n project management there’s a great deal of discussion on creating a communication plan. A communication plan is different than a phone list which produces all the phone numbers and email addresses of the team. A communication plan lists every stakeholder and the type of reports that they need as well as frequency of those reports and who is responsible for generating that information.

Is a formal communication plan necessary for a successful project in an agile project environment? Why or why not?

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APM development is conducted collaboratively, with a small co-located team. This core team usually consists of two developers who write code in pairs (for quality control), the customer/end-user, IT architect(s), a business analyst and a project manager. The work is accomplished through a series of sessions where the team writes code, then tests working modules of the system and repeats the process. There is minimal documentation as the team relies almost exclusively on informal internal communication.

Again, this differs from the traditional approach where a considerable amount of time is invested in planning and a significant amount of requirements documentation is produced. The Agile team identifies and prioritises the features based on business value, and after high-risk components of the system are produced, works on the highest value features first. This approach works if the solution can be delivered incrementally to the customer. If this is not possible, features still can be built incrementally and then integrated into the first release of the system.

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