A project manager works in an organization that wants to implement agile methods. Traditionally, the project progress was communicated via a weekly email to stakeholders. The development team uses a…

When transitioning to agile, it's beneficial to introduce agile tools like burndown charts and Kanban boards as supplementary communication channels while maintaining familiar traditional methods for external stakeholders. This allows stakeholders to gradually adapt to new communication formats without abruptly disrupting established reporting expectations.

Simply providing access and asking stakeholders to use new tools without integration into their existing communication habits or providing context can lead to confusion and resistance.

Organizing training for all stakeholders might be excessive and unnecessary if the primary communication is still traditional; a more gradual approach is usually better.

Continuing only traditional channels misses an opportunity to leverage the transparency and real-time insights offered by agile artifacts, hindering the agile transition.