Comments on: Visiting Gantt Again with Apologies to Glen http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2007/02/02/751/ The magazine for the project age Sat, 17 May 2008 05:52:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Mike Dwyer http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2007/02/02/751/#comment-12930 Sun, 04 Feb 2007 18:01:56 +0000 http://www.reformingprojectmanagement.com/2007/02/02/751/#comment-12930 Hal Thanks for correcting this. As I find Glen to be a good frame to bounce on. In his piece Glen talks about the many differences between Agile and traditional approaches. One item he missed - which is a source of great concern is the simplicity of Agile methods and the 'ease' at which people can become 'certified' in these methods as opposed to the cedrtification hurdles other groups have. Here again I believe Agile does something noteworthy - it recognizes that the best it can 'teach' is the basics and the becoming masterful is up to the person. A while ago I posted a piece on Scrumdevelopment comparing Scrum to the Waltz. Both are made up of very straightforward, unambiguous, steps that move you and your partner around a dance floor to the rythm of a equally simple beat. 1, 2, 3. What you can do with this is best seen by what the waltz looks like as an international competition or a bunch of middle school kids working out their coordination issues. It is all the same beat, all the same steps that accomplished the same results for the benefit of the participants and deliver what the people can do in the context they are in. Hal
Thanks for correcting this. As I find Glen to be a good frame to bounce on. In his piece Glen talks about the many differences between Agile and traditional approaches. One item he missed - which is a source of great concern is the simplicity of Agile methods and the ‘ease’ at which people can become ‘certified’ in these methods as opposed to the cedrtification hurdles other groups have. Here again I believe Agile does something noteworthy - it recognizes that the best it can ‘teach’ is the basics and the becoming masterful is up to the person.

A while ago I posted a piece on Scrumdevelopment comparing Scrum to the Waltz. Both are made up of very straightforward, unambiguous, steps that move you and your partner around a dance floor to the rythm of a equally simple beat. 1, 2, 3.

What you can do with this is best seen by what the waltz looks like as an international competition or a bunch of middle school kids working out their coordination issues. It is all the same beat, all the same steps that accomplished the same results for the benefit of the participants and deliver what the people can do in the context they are in.

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