IDG Contributor Network: Vision, alignment and the development of consensus

"Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others." – Jonathan Swift
Given the rapid and accelerating rate of business change and competition, it is not unusual for businesses to want to deploy a major new product or upgrade rapidly. Sometimes business survival might hang in the balance and depend on such a product deployment. This is one of many reasons agile and scrum are so popular – they drive speed to market.Consider as an example a business with multiple business lines i