ABSTRACT
Project Managers generally agree that a project plan should be piloted or tested prior to execution. Traditional project management and Lean thinking have formal attitudes toward pilots and testing. The testing quadrant in Agile is considered a standard way to test and track performance themes but is embraced by all Agile practitioners. The purpose of a project pilot or a test prior to rolling out the project is to identify and manage risk, validate the benefit, and secure buy-in. Whereas all project management theories support the idea of piloting or testing, as noted earlier, traditional and Lean take a formal approach. A formal source inspection check before the proposed project activity takes place to check that conditions are capable of handling the task is a quick but powerful way to set controls, especially if controls are automatic and able to keep the process from proceeding until conditions are right.
