The Case for a Blended Agile: Part 3-What a blended approach looks like

Sep 21st, 2011 by TaskMap

Researcher and Project Managers agree on a blended approach

Many organizations are now taking a blended approach and organizations such as Forrester Research recommend including traditional and Agile skills, traits and methods.

Project Management’s PMBOK advantages		Agile promotes
Clear guidance on project initiation and closure. Communications management and project integration management. Project cost management. Risk management		Cross-functional, empowered teams. Flexibility and adjustment throughout a project. Encouragement of strong working relationships with customers. Just enough rigor and documentation

The table above illustrates the benefits of such a blended approach as recommended by Forrester Research

There are thousands of projects that individual Project Managers (Owners) where the benefits of such a blended approach have been espoused. So the combination of different methodologies is now becoming very commonplace in many industries, not just software development. When you see leading legal firms such as Seyfarth [1] adopting lean and Six Sigma, you just know that things are changing.

[1] Steven Poor 2011 SeyfarthLean: A commitment to Deliver Quality and Measureable Results http://www.seyfarth.com/seyfarthlean/

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