Getting Past the Hype

April 11, 2004 by Jim Brosseau · Comment
Filed under: Agility, Leadership, Process, Project management 

Agile Project Management is becoming the latest in a long line of named approaches to software development or project management that promises improved project performance – watch for it on a bookshelf or seminar near you. As with most approaches, this is a clear, consistent collection of practices that hold together well and can indeed reduce project risk for most organizations, but unless there are drastic changes to how this approach is presented, and even deeper changes to how it is typically adopted in organizations, I think the likelihood of providing consistently strong results in the industry are slim. Read more

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