Is the Next Great Way of Working Already Here?
Mike Donoghue is a member of a multinational information technology corporation where he collaborates on the communications guidelines and customer relationship strategies affecting the interactions with internal and external clients. He has analyzed, defined, designed and overseen processes for various engagements including product usability and customer satisfaction, best practice enterprise standardization, relationship/branding structures, and distribution effectiveness and direction. He has also established corporate library solutions to provide frameworks for sales, marketing, training, and support divisions.
As a project manager with some experience, you’ve managed to bump into a number of buzzwords: waterfall, agile, scrum, hybrid, continuous delivery…yadda, yadda, yadda, the list goes on. (Promotional mugs and shirts are available, too.)
The problem is that something new or different comes along as a replacement. The argument also has professionals spending a considerable time trying to establish which methodology is best, sounding more like a heated debate between sports team fans.
In the time it takes to mull over this list and other entries, it’s probably time for another “latest and greatest” to take the spotlight. But what if the next great way of working is just a rebranding of an existing framework? Suppose it doesn’t have a catchy acronym or specialized certification attached to it? What if the latest and greatest is simply the ability to continuously adapt to needs?
This may not fit well on a badge for a professional conference meeting, but it looks like the direction that organizations are headed.
Basically, Methodologies Solve Problems
Methodologies can become popular because they actually solve problems (who would have guessed?).
- Waterfall reduced chaos and introduced regularity to large engineering efforts.
- Agile helped software teams respond to requirements that were always in motion.
- Lean reduced waste, …
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