I was lucky enough to be asked to attend a presentation last night on a newly developed Software Engineering Methodology PrinceLite. PrinceLite was developed by Dr Peter Merrick and the way i see it aims to over come two main problems with project management firstly the excessive amount of bureaucracy and secondly to overcome unclear requirements or as Dr. Merrick puts it unambiguous business requirements specification. He defines some clear benefits of princeLite as the following:
The key benefits of PrinceLite are:

The problem is that every other engineering industry seems to have been around since the masons. The methodologies that were put into place in order to manage the construction of a building or a vehicle were well thought out. These methodologies have adapted and changed making them more versatile while still achieving confidence in the project’s success. Now don’t get me wrong, I have no problem with this at all I think they have their place and I think they are very beneficial. The problem is that adapting these methodologies …