Radical Project Management

Scenario Planning

The traditional project planning model was developed during periods of low rates of change and lack of business client power and involvement. It involved a major “one-off” planning process at the beginning of the project and the production of a detailed project plan for all phases of the system development cycle. The extensive use of the “freezing” of client requirements ensured that the plan was locked in (while the client was locked out).

I Can See for Miles… If you can't predict the future with certainty, don't put it in a schedule. All you are doing is creating false expectations.

This approach to planning had parallels in military planning and strategy. As discussed by John Keegan (1992), the concept of chateau generals, ...