Blending Project Management Methods

Introduction

• Choosing a project management method
• What you should know

1. Method Overviews

• Waterfall project life-cycle
• Agile life-cycle

2. Waterfall Strengths

• Waterfall and the triple constraint
• Constraint management
• Weaknesses of defined processes

3. Agile Strengths

• Agile and the triple constraint
• Agile constraint management
• Weaknesses of empirical processes

4. Selecting Your Framework

• Complicated or complex?
• Decision-making framework
• Choosing within Agile

5. Measuring Team Progress

• Waterfall team progress
• Agile team progress

6. Measuring Progress

• Blended measurement

Conclusion

• Next steps