...Or is conventional planning failing business? There's no doubt about it: Agile works. There are many stories of companies that have benefitted from going agile. However, agile is failing to meet ...

Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. When developing a fiscal year strategic plan, measuring profitability incrementally will ...

Business strategy used to follow a 3 to 5 year cycle. But that kind of time frame won't work in times of constant flux. One of the classes I most looked forward to when working towards my MBA was a ...

A key characteristic of classical project management is its sequential and linear approach to project planning and execution. It involves detailed upfront planning, such as creation of a comprehensive ...

The Agile Manifesto values “individuals and interactions over processes and tools.” One of the signers’ key principles is, “The best architectures, requirements, and designs emerge from ...

This represents a waterfall type of approach to project planning, where one phase flows into the other. It works well for certain industries such as construction and manufacturing, but it is less ...