| Agile Development | Pragmatic Agile | Agile P3M | It’s a Delivery Thing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Software teams moving quickly and lightly with Scrum, XP, Lean, Kanban, DSDM, RUP | Doing what works rather than what a particular Agile method, guru or article says | Pragmatic Agile for programme, portfolio and project management | Agile P3M focuses on delivery, whether releasing great product or realising business benefit |
Agile Software Development
The Agile Software Development methods – eXtreme Programming (XP), Scrum, Dynamic Systems Method (DSDM), Lean Software Development (including its off-shoot Kanban), and the Rational Unified Process (RUP) – all aim to help software teams move quickly and lightly. Unfortunately Agile does not guarantee success as it is entirely possible to move quickly and lightly in the wrong direction.
Pragmatic Agile
Pragmatic Agile is about doing what works rather than what a particular method, guru or article says to do. Proponents of the named methods are horrified when people mix and match practices however Pragmatic Agile does exactly this – pulling out the best and leaving the rest. This choice is contextual as different projects and organisation invite different approaches.
Agile P3M
Agile practices by themselves do not guarantee delivery but using Pragmatic Agile within Programme, Portfolio, and Project Management (Agile P3M) improves the odds.
It’s a Delivery Thing
Delivery can mean releasing great product, implementing organisational strategy and/or realising business benefit. This website and the Articles on it are about explaining what to do to achieve successful delivery using Agile P3M. The material is structured along the lines of traditional project management to facilitate discussions with traditionalists and the business.