It's not focused on any particular industry. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Inside the same book you will find two parts: the Guide and the Standard. On the other side, Agile is nothing related to IT or software. And PMBOK Guide adds Agile in that sense. If you read it you will understand it. Saving Changes...
The volunteer standards committee who worked on the 6th edition have done a good job of augmenting to content in the guide with multiple cross-industry examples. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
While a lot of people associated agile with IT, Sergio would be the first to say that agile did not start with IT.
The problem is because there are a few IT methodologies that are based on the Agile manifesto. Therefore, people often jump to the conclusion that agile is only for IT. Saving Changes...
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
Thank you Stephan. And I have sustained lot of debates when I was part of the group of authors and reviewers of the new PMBOK Guide and associated guides (Portfolio, Program, new guide for Business Analysis, etc). One thing people will see is that there is no reference to things like "Agile project management" inside the PMBOK. Just any other little comment: I sustain that position and I am not the only one. And I can write about it because theoretical and practical experience. But you can find lot of examples right now into the internet from people like the authors of the former Agile Software Development methods today Agile Solution Development methods. (Scrum, DSDM, XP, etc) Saving Changes...
Morne BeeslaarManaging Director| Faolan ConsultingPretoria, South Africa
I would agree the methodologies defined in the PMBOK guide is general and it is up the PM to decide what is applicable and what not. Some IT projects need to be run with Waterfall and others can benefit from Agile. Same applied to any sector that executes projects.
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Sep 18, 2017 5:07 AM
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Just a little comment. There are not methodologies or methods defined into the PMBOK Guide.
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Sep 17, 2017 4:02 PM
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Inside the same book you will find two parts: the Guide and the Standard. On the other side, Agile is nothing related to IT or software. And PMBOK Guide adds Agile in that sense. If you read it you will understand it.
Sergio,
I am going through the guide and the standard now and most of what I see is about Tailoring. So is the concept and assumption now that Tailoring is an Agile "thing"?
To me, tailoring - customization - is part of any good project management and I have been involved with organizations using tailoring (without the trendy name) long before anyone has heard of Agile or the PMBOK Guide.
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Sep 18, 2017 5:06 AM
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Mounir, tailoring is "determining the appropiated combination of processes, inputs, tools, techniques, outputs and life cycle prhases to manage a project". After reading the work you post on other comments you participated I think is the same than you are doing.
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Sep 17, 2017 6:21 PM
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While a lot of people associated agile with IT, Sergio would be the first to say that agile did not start with IT.
The problem is because there are a few IT methodologies that are based on the Agile manifesto. Therefore, people often jump to the conclusion that agile is only for IT.
Stephane
Because if you read the Agile Manifesto and Principles, they are about software development, which what people call IT.
Agile as in agile - agility - adaptability - flexibility - etc. is not an IT or software principle but the Agilist Movement is hijacking the term to link it to software.
Maybe we are getting into another discussion and away from this thread.
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Sep 18, 2017 5:15 AM
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Just a little comment. I have the opportunity to work from the "genesis" from the academic and practical side. I worked where terms agile and agility were born "formally" (USA DoD NSF/Agility Forum, 1990) and I was part of the group of authors of DSDM (one of the four agile software development methods) where I worked with Arie Van Bennekum who is one of the authors of the Manifesto. Both things were born almost "in parallel". The point was that at the same time the USA Goverment tried to find an innovative answer to Toyota TPS (time after named Lean) and some people that have methods to create software products based on Toyota TPS took some of the ideas from the forum. For those interested into the Agile history here comes a great article written by Heidi Araya https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/when-agile-...e-title-publish I think is interested to know it because when you read this type of things you find new waves to applied Agile. In fact, the ways I am working on from the practical side from more than 20 years ago.
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