A PM Minimalist's Perspective on Agile, Scrum, & Waterfall

[See blog post: http://michaelgreer.biz/?p=2852 ]
(subtitle) "Loops & Hoops & Waterfalls: What's a PM Minimalist to Do?"

A quick Google search on the term "project management models" will produce lots of hits ("about 35 million results!") One item in Google's list of suggestions is labeled "Images for Project Management Models." Click on this and you'll see -- Yikes!!! -- HUNDREDS of lovely LOOPS AND HOOPS AND WATERFALLS masquerading as "the one true PM Life Cycle!" It would appear that there are as many of these things as there are consultants and certification bodies to sell them!

Quick cut to your office. You're minding your own business, practicing a Minimalist approach to your PM, when suddenly your boss (or worse yet -- a "born again PMP") shows up at your door and says, "Hey... why aren't we using the [insert "PM Approach du jour] approach for our projects?"

You quietly grimace... your heart rate and blood pressure both increase a little... and then you try to figure out how to respond to this intrusion.

This little video is designed to help you meet this challenge.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Agile
• Agile PM
• Scrum
• PM Models
• project management