Chapter 2. Agile Project Management

In 2006, NBC launched a television series in the United States called Studio 60, a comedy/drama about the production of a weekly live variety show à la Saturday Night Live. The series gave viewers a behind-the-scenes look at the intensity with which each new weekly variety show is planned and executed. Unlike typical weekly TV shows, each episode of a live variety show is planned in a “just-in-time” fashion. The content must be adapted to current events, the decisions of producers must be responded to immediately, and the cast and crew must be highly adaptable to change. No matter what happens during the week, the show must be completely planned and ready to air at a fixed time. And it must be good enough every ...

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