Building a car in 90 days using Scrum!

Great post Don and thanks for sharing. So exciting to see the continued adoption of Agile/Scrum outside of its original birthplace and domain. Of course, Agile and Agile/Scrum in particular are but one of the many colors of the Complex Adpative Systems (CAS) rainbow and movement. Over the last five decades, CAS has emerged from field of study, to theory, to practice. In fact, the Agile Manifesto was taken from the principles of CAS. Though relatively new, in the context of mainstream business management theory, CAS challenges and and some would say complements the traditional scientific management (Taylorism) and plan-driven approaches (traditional project management) that no doubt continue to be relative, useful, and have a place in today's business. In addition to Agile/Scrum, there are numerous other CAS techniques (Open Space Technology for example), so exciting to see the positive results that these CAS techniques are having as evidence by business success and take-up..!

Posted: Aug 25, 2012 10:36 AM

Thanks Mark for your reply. I think these kinds of milestones indicate the increasingly widespread reach of project management in general. What we're witnessing here is where the inventor of Wikispeed found a useful project management method that originated in software development, that allowed him to build a highly modular automobile that was prototyped and tested in iterations, so that it could be delivered quicker and cheaper than conventional methods. That these project management methods and practices are cutting across diverse industries indicates how portable and transformative the field is. It's indeed a great and exiting time to be in the field!

Posted: Aug 25, 2012 1:58 PM

Don, all thanks goes to you. By the way, thanks so much for the info on Agile EVM. It really helped advance the discussion and workable approach between the new IT management and the existing development team. I look forward to further picking your brains...!

Posted: Aug 25, 2012 2:31 PM

Thanks for sharing

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