Topic Teasers Vol. 176: What Needs to Change in My Business Skill Set?

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  Agile   Change Management   Innovation   Product Management   Strategy  

I have a degree in project management and my PMP certification. Now that agile seems to be the new technique for the future, will I need to give up all I have learned and start over? It seems unrealistic that a traditional approach to projects that has lasted so long would suddenly be abandoned. Why is there this new rush to use agile for finishing projects successfully? I’d hate to be obsolete overnight.

A. Although the traditional process group and knowledge area mapping for setting up a project has been in place and successful since the 1960s, the speed and changes in the types of projects for which we are being given responsibility has changed dramatically. We need to keep acquiring new skills, and it won’t stop with agile.

B. Agility is an update on the PMBOK^® Guide practices and processes we have used for the last 65 years. Don’t be afraid of the change to agility. It is exactly the same work actions. All that has changed in the verbiage. We may say estimate costs, or budget costs…but it means the same thing. All that is being updated are the terms.

C. As you may know, agile has a history in the computer industry. All you will need to adjust from a more traditional way of doing projects, often …

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