Tools for Tracking Progress
During the building of an iteration, while the developers are focused on creating the features they have committed to deliver, the PM is responsible for understanding the progress that the team is making and keeping the stakeholders informed of the project's progress. Exhibit 1 is an example of a chart that PMs can use to communicate iteration status to the customer and stakeholder community. Designed to com¬municate the changes from one iteration to the next, this chart helps stakeholders see what the original plan for the current and next iterations looked like a couple of weeks ago and how they look today. Features that are new, have been deleted and/or moved from one