Whatever process you’re working on as a change agent / leader, whether it’s Agile, the Product Roadmap, Portfolio Management, the Strategic Planning Process, Program Governance, or some other process, one of the best practices they all have in common is having periodic check-ups built into them.

With Agile, there are the daily scrums and sprint reviews with demos to check-up on the software being delivered, and retrospectives to check-up on the Sprint Process itself.  With the Product Roadmap, Portfolio Management, Strategic Planning Process, and Program Governance, each of these processes have periodic reviews built into them to:

• Reassess the health of the roadmap, portfolio, strategy, or program

• Catch issues early

• Have time to thoughtfully decide how to move forward

• Make adjustments in a timely fashion

• Proactively prevent the issues from growing into larger challenges

When it comes to us, the health of our body is no different.  There are periodic check-ups built into our medical care. The question is, how are you doing at following this best practice for your own physical health?

Click Read More to reflect on:

• Which of these health check-ups you’ve been doing vs. putting off

• The reasons these physical health check-ups exist

• What is blocking you from doing one or more of these health check-ups