Everyone is a project manager right? If you are reading this I will take the assumption that you have an interest in project management, that being true I will take the following distinction that you have a conscious or subconscious ability to identify, interpret and understand the real meaning behind the words people say. All ‘good’ managers of people have fundamental rapport building, intuition and body language understanding to aid any understanding of the current situations, opinions and possible options. Even if you have not studied these specifically in the past …

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 …

It seems that all you have to do these days is name drop in certain situations to add masses of validity to your situation. This is no less true in Project Management, dropping the heavy “prince2″ name in a specific circumstance can turn heads. It now seems that the same can be said for Agile software development but it has an impact that many companies may overlook. Jumping on the Agile band wagon is certain to increase productivity and success of a software engineering project as both Boehm and Glass …