Hybrid Project Management: Navigating the New World of Project Management – with Agility – Tolbert
Abstract:
We live in a very interesting time. Compared to just a couple of decades ago, there is much more volatility today in our marketplaces, the level of competition is much greater, and it’s much more difficult for companies to survive. As project managers, we are helping our companies survive in this difficult landscape. We are “agents of change” and “drivers of change.” The most important project management methodology today that will help us deal with this change and this volatility is Agile.
However, no one process or project management methodology fits all situations! Agile is not a panacea for all projects. We argue that many times our projects are large enough and complex enough that some parts of the project are best suited to using a predictive planning approach, and other parts are more suited to using Agile. Therefore, a hybrid approach that mixes the traditional, waterfall approach with Agile is really required in many situations today.
Yet, the Agile community oftentimes has quite a negative view of Hybrid approaches, and key writers on Agile often say that attempting to use hybrid will corrupt all attempts to use Agile, and will result in failure. This session will contend that integrating the approaches can be done if approached the proper way, which is necessary today.
PMI Talent Triangle: Power Skills
PDUs: 0.75
