In our experience, the agile approach works best in our IT operations work. That's why we try to limit the scope of any project to the "minimum viable result". There can always be a follow-up project that builds on what the current one has achieved.
As a guideline, a project should never take more than 6 weeks to finish successfully.
Create a new Discourse topic in the "Project Management", "Pitches" category. The text will automatically use the "Project Pitch" template. The purpose of this discussion topic is to give everyone a clear understanding of why we should do the project and how we're going to finish it successfully.
When the document is finished, share a link to it and gather feedback.
At the beginning of each month, the leadership team does an assessment if we have capacity to take on a new project. If that's the case, they approve projects in order of their strategic importance.
The person who pitched the project will become its owner.
The owner creates a new project in our project management system, adding a link to the project pitch.
They’ll also create a new Slack channel for the project, using the p-PROJECTNAME naming scheme.
See Project workflow.
The project owner arranges a team review of the project where we share learnings and identify potential follow-up projects.
It’s time to celebrate and promote the finished result!