Prompted by a comment by Murray on my first blog in this debate I wanted to expand some of the ideas that have not yet been explored. Here are the key excerpts from Murray’s comment: PMBOK V4 is compatible with and supportive of Agile processes. Here are some relevant quotes from CHAPTER 2 − PROJECT …
The PMI people don’t seem to stop trying to “guess” what Agile is. Guessing is the right term, because anyone with more than a few hours experience in Agile software development can see their cluelessness from afar! Take this article by Lynda Bourne DMP, PMP (no, I’m not making those TLA’s up, she uses them). …
The traditionalists are starting to be quite dangerous in the hostile “take over” of Agile and Scrum (Kanban can’t be far behind). In this post Glen tries to tell us that it is ok to call “project management” what we do in a Scrum (f. ex.) development effort. Now, that would not be so serious …
Jason suggests that projects, in his experience, face similar problems (I’m assuming he is talking about all projects, including Agile projects). What is your experience? What are the mistakes that happen all the time as Jason suggests? In the waterfall world one of my favorites that happened all the time was: requirements change constantly. Can …
