Local
PMI Chapter Meeting
I
attended the local PMI Chapter meeting in Asheville NC last night. Jon M
Quigley was scheduled to discuss Agile Project Management vs. Traditional
Project Management. Unfortunately, Mr. Quigley was unable to make it and the
Chapter Satellite Chairperson (Gary Jarvis led a discussion on risk. I was
looking forward to a lively discussion on how we define traditional project
management.
Agile
Project Management vs. Traditional Project Management might infer that there
are two types of projects; agile and traditional project. Agile projects I
understand. There has been a great deal of writing on the concept of agile
projects. Traditional projects, not so much. If by traditional projects we mean
every project that is not appropriate for an agile approach, then this maybe
too simplistic. Projects vary significantly and the project management approach
must meet the needs of the project profile.
This
was the discussion I was looking forward to. We had a discussion on Risk that
was interesting. We had insurance, medical, construction and operations
represented in the discussion and each industry seems to take a little
different approach to risk. The insurance company has a very defined approach to
identifying and tracking risk. The construction industry is very mature in
procedures but maybe less so in implementation. The health care industry,
represented at the meeting, seemed to indicate there was very little structured
approach to risk in the health care industry. This may not apply to the medical
application but to the management of health care systems or projects.
I
enjoyed the discussion and look forward to becoming more involved in the
Asheville Chapter.
Russ
Hello Dr. Russell W Darnall,
ReplyDeleteI apologize for not making the event in Asheville. I welcome the opportunity to redress, either formally (a new event there) or informally (perhaps using Skype or other file sharing / meeting program). I would like to thank Gary Jarvis for his efforts also.
When I look at agile, I do not see any of the activities held in regard that are a violation of conventional project management. In fact, some of the methods and artifacts easily meet the conventional project management needs (typically).
Clearly, these are not the same methods, and truth is that one size project management does not fit all. There are times when an agile approach may be preferred. It is also true that you can adopt some of the agile mechanisms into your conventional project management.
Once again, I am sorry to have missed the event.
Jon M. Quigley
Jon,
ReplyDeleteThank you for your comment. I look forward to when you can make a presentation at the chapter.
I have seen the presentation title of Agile Project Management vs. Traditional Project Management and think of the AIi vs. Fraser and if you don't know my reference analogy, it dates me.
Agile methods have brought some new tools and processes to project management and, as you say, without devaluing the existing tools.
Russ