Agile Project Management, Integrating DSDM Atern into an existing PRINCE2® Environment
About this book
Since the turn of the century there has been a dramatic rise inprojects using ‘agile’ techniques and approaches. This started inthe IT sector but is now seen throughout the project management arena. Many organizations are employing agiledisciplines at program level, as well as at ‘the coal face’, asthe popularity of this approach continues to grow.The purpose of this White Paper is to describe the benefits ofrunning PRINCE2® in tandem with DSDM in order to help anorganization to quickly establish or enable its own agile capability.Importantly, it also outlines how this combination is one of thebest and safest ways to implement an agile approach, whichmany organizations fail to do correctly.Primarily, this White Paper has been written for people who are currently working in a PRINCE2 environment and would like the option of executing some or all of their projects in a more agile way. However, the paper will also be of benefit to any organization which is looking to replace or upgrade its ownproject management approach or ‘body of knowledge’ (e.g.PMBOK®), and which regards this topic as current best practice.The White Paper covers the rationale for this combination, themechanics of combining PRINCE2 and DSDM, and a summaryof the most significant concepts to get right.