The standard for project management

  

Section 6 

6.8 EVOLVING THE ORGANIZATION

When addressing an individual challenge area or implementing a new hybrid or agile approach, it is recommended 

to undertake the work incrementally. A common practice is to treat the change process as an agile project with its 

own backlog of changes that could be introduced and prioritized by the team, based on perceived value or other 

considerations. Each of the changes can be treated as an experiment, which is tested for a short period of time to 

determine suitability as-is or the need for further refinement/consideration.

Use kanban boards to track progress, showing the new approaches already in use as “done,” those being tried as “in 

progress,” and those still waiting to be introduced as “to do.” See Figure 6-3 for the initial board with a ranked backlog. 

Figure 6-4 shows an example of what a board might have as work progresses.

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Ranked

Backlog

Action Item

Analysis

Action Item

Resolution

Risk

Management

or Mitigation

Decision

Needed

Post-Action

Waiting:

Stuck Items

Done

In Progress

Change 1

Change 2

Change 3

Change 4

Change 5

Change 6

Change 7

Change 8

Change 9

Change 10