Shoaib Ahmed
Senior Project Manager at Eagle Technology, APMG Accredited ITIL, MSP + PRINCE2 Practitioner, governance expert, cricket fanatic, squash pretender. Opinions expressed are purely from my experience of leading teams and running projects, and in no way claims to represent those of my employers or customers.
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In my view it has to be a case of ‘horses for courses’: as highlighted in some approaches such as ‘breakthrough thinking’ every project is unique (otherwise they wouldn’t be ‘projects’) therefore a different approach should be considered for every project. As indicated in your slides- PRINCE2, ITIL and Agile have strengths and weaknesses and therefore early analysis of the project should include considering which approach to use. This should then also consider to what extent a chosen approach should be ‘tailored’ to meet the requirements of a particular project.
Agree, there is the need to fit the methodology to the project. I’ve been thinking of the cycle wider than the project itself. No project is conceived in vacuum. The organization already has a BAU environment where it will ultimately end up. Many projects fail during this transition. I haven’t come across ‘breakthrough thinking’ before. I’d be keen to hear more in the coming weeks.
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