PREFACE
More and more IT companies are turning to Agile methodologies because the traditional type of waterfall project development is not working.
Old ways of working can be adhered to as a substitute for thought. For example, in PRINCE2® methodology, there’s an emphasis on getting certified and becoming familiar with the thick tomes and multifarious processes that must be followed. This is naturally attractive to government projects and other environments, where there’s a temptation to just follow the book and assume that things will come out fine. But if this approach is good, why do so many government projects overrun deadlines and exceed their budgets?
However, there is a another way – and it’s called Agile.
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