Why the “Method Wars” are Necessary (Sometimes)
Several posts recently have criticized the ‘methodology wars’ so many get caught up in, and attempted to shift the discussion to ‘leadership doesn’t care about methods, they just want results’.
Category: Project Management
What is Agile, or ‘What’s in a Name”?
Recently I posed a question online – Could anyone explain what Agile *is*, without explaining what it *isn’t*?
The Value of Project Management
The ‘value’ of project management… we see this come up quite a bit. There’s only one value proposition for project management (hint: it’s NOT delivering to a ‘plan’).
3 Universal Principles of Project Management
Note: Several years ago I did a guest post for a project management software provider. They asked a series of questions and I provided my thoughts. The original psot is no longer available, but as I feel it provides some good ideas I’m reproducing it here. What are the...
Scope – What it Is, and Isn’t
Last week I addressed the misunderstanding regarding the difference between Scope Creep and Scope Change. This week we’ll tackle a more fundamental issue – Scope itself. There’re four primary misconceptions I commonly see re: scope – Scope is pre-determined, and fixed. Scope is a set of tasks Scope suggests we...
Positive Risk vs Opportunity
I’ve never been a fan of the idea of ‘positive’ risk. It’s a niche idea only found inside the risk and project management communities, and goes against every definition, and the general public’s usage, of the word ‘risk’.