Activity: Execute Iteration Plan

Executing the iteration plan is simple: carry-out the activities defined in the iteration plan itself. Periodic progress review and check-pointing results is essential to ensure the project is on schedule. Small schedule deviations are easy to overlook and write-off - they are part of the estimate uncertainty, but accumulated slippage leads to large deviations in schedule.

Intra-iteration milestones are informal, and based on real work, not milestone-specific deliverables which do not contribute to the goals of the iteration. They may involve regular software builds.

Monitor risks, keeping an eye on the top most damaging ones.

If an iteration is long (several weeks or months), intermediate assessments to monitor progress can be performed, involving regularly collecting metrics (See: Activity: Evaluate the Iteration: Collect metrics)