3.3.3 How to Routinely Assure Project Success
Niels Malotaux · INCOSE International Symposium · 2005
Abstract Evo, short for Evolutionary Project Management Methods, is rapidly and frequently applying the Plan‐Do‐Check‐Act cycle, not just for the development of the project‐result, but also for the project organization and even on the methods used. We organize the work in weekly Task‐cycles. Task‐cycles feed bi‐weekly Delivery‐cycles by which we optimize the requirements and check our assumptions. We use TimeLine to create and maintain the total project scope and to connect the Project Result, through the Deliveries, to the work organized in Tasks. Evo combines Planning, Requirements Management, and Risk Management into Result Management, with a fanatical view on ROI. This paper explains the basics of this Evolutionary approach and practical details people can start applying immediately. People who think that this approach costs too much work are proven wrong by those who start applying the Evo methods: Projects coached by the author realized significant better results in significant shorter time.