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Agile and “Traditional” PMI Methods

October 25, 2006 @ Controlling Chaos from feedback@controllingchaos.com (Dina Henry Scott, PMP)

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Mike Griffiths, a regular contributor to the Controlling Chaos podcast, has a great article on his Leading Answers blog, about Agile and “Traditional” PMI Methods. I really like Mike’s views on how Agile and other more traditional methods can work together and how one is not necessarily better than the other - they are different tools for different types of projects. Which is something we’ve been saying a lot on this podcast!

Here’s a quote from Mike’s article: “As it turns out, I do not see a problem with having the two, often contradictory, approaches available. The advice they embody are like toolkits to be drawn on as project and organizational characteristics demand. If faced with a custom software development project I would use an agile approach. If asked tasked with scheduling 500 staff through a training course, a traditional approach might be appropriate. I may use a combination of approaches on a single project, for instance agile software development, followed by a traditional deployment and training plan. I think they key is fully understanding the use and applicability of each approach and then making the intelligent selection.”

If you’d like to read Mike’s full article and get a preview of his presentation, “Utilising Agile Methods alongside the PMBOK Guide” which he’ll be giving at the Agile Business Conference and Leadership Summit , November 7 - 9 in London, England, please check out his blog at www.leadinganswers.com.

Also keep an eye out for Mike on an upcoming Controlling Chaos episode!


This article is syndicated from Controlling Chaos . The original article is available here. Read more in Project Management News .

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