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By Rick Freedman, Special to ZDNet Asia
Wednesday, February 03, 2010 11:43 AM
Rick Freedman shares five tips for PMBOK, CMM-style shops considering agile migrations. He also recommends an agile PM book that he says is a must-read.
I've written previously about the ideas and philosophies that form the foundation of agile project management. The history of project management, especially as it applies to IT, has resembled a pendulum, swinging from the lax controls and do-it-yourself ethic of the early mainframe "glass room" to the rigorous methodological controls and formal software development life cycles (SDLCs) of Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK), Capability Maturity Model (CMM)-enforced practices.
Many IT shops have fought painful ideological and cultural battles to make the transition to disciplined project management; in my career, I've seen the Project Management Institute (PMI) certification evolve from an obscure and unknown credential to a virtual requirement for employment in many organizations.
We've also seen CMM certifications become critical differentiating factors, especially for offshore IT service providers, who have used CMM Level-5 certification as an "assurance factor" to help Global 500 firms feel comfortable outsourcing to far-off partners.
I've developed project management offices and project management methodologies for large IT firms and service shops, and I'm a strong advocate of adding these disciplines to the corporate toolkit to improve delivery consistency and process excellence.
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