How to control everything in your project!

Guess what!? I have discovered a process that let you control not only timescale, budget and quality but also scope, risk and produced benefits!

During the initial project stage, the business side will know all these aspects and make the well-informed decision to start the project or not.


And this process is called Prince2


By now, I guess that you have realized that I am not serious.

I find it a bit strange that people buy into this illusion, that it is possible to know all these aspects up front.


On the other hand, I find too many agile practitioners being too fundamentalists in their approach to agile. We have to take into consideration that organisations do have some boundaries that they need to adhere to. Not everyone can or will go all in from day one.


I think one solution is for the Prince2 fanatics to emphasize the “management by stages” which equals “embrace uncertainty”.


I also think Agile fanatics should be less fanatic in their communication, because what is the result of fanatic communication? People that already think the same way as you; they will nod, whereas the rest will dismiss all you say.


Prince2 provides a common vocabulary that is great when communicating, and the agile community provides the values and methodology that we need to deliver (the right) software.

I think we can use both to get where we want. We just need to

• be practical about implementing Prince2
• not getting bureaucratic
• emphasize the flexibility that is built in
•  implement agile and lean into this super-thin framework   

    

After all: this is what we want:

“Speed, Quality & Low Cost are Fully Compatible
Companies that compete on the basis of speed have a big cost advantage, deliver superior quality, and are more attuned to their customers' needs.”

-Poppendieck

Have a nice weekend!

Cheers,

Eira

-Prince2 certified, agile at heart